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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Terefundus (Genus)
> coronatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Terefundus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Comptella coronata Dell, 1956
Images: Terefundus coronatus (Dell, 1956)
Holotype, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009782). 5.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Terefundus (Genus)
> coronatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Terefundus (Terefundus) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Comptella coronata Dell, 1956
Details: Terefundus coronatus (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 112-238m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2022 New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Novapex, 23(1) (p.25)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.176)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.117) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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