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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)
> Poirieria (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Poirieria (Poirieria) Jousseaume, 1880
Synonymised Names:
=Murex novazelandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1834
=Murex zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Poirieria (Poirieria) zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Images: Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Taken from off Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
Tasman Bay, Nelson, NZ. 59mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in 20-30 metres, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 59mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Poirieria (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Poirieria (Poirieria) Jousseaume, 1880
Synonymised Names:
=Murex novazelandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1834
=Murex zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Poirieria (Poirieria) zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Details: Poirieria zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Width 88mm, Height 79mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Challenger Plateau, from 0-540m
Type Data:
  • Cook Strait, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Spiny Murex, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2003 Ohiwa and Opape Beaches, Bay of Plenty, Cookia, 15 (p.24)
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 1995 A review of the New Zealand Recent species of Poirieria Jousseaume, 1980 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) with description of a new species, The Nautilus, 108(2) (p.28)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.170)

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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