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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Ponderia (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis (Ponderia) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Prototyphis zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Typhis zealandica Hutton, 1873
Images: Ponderia zealandica Hutton, 1873
Castlecliff, Wanganui (fossil). 20mm. © rights reserved
Collected 08 Aug 1963, 14-16 km due N of Cape Farewell. (M.017977). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Jan 1979, off East Cape, Ranfurly Bank, NZ (M.070409). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Castlecliff, Wanganui (fossil). © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: TRIPTEROTYPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Tripterotyphinae (Subfamily)
> Ponderia (Genus)
> zealandica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Prototyphis (Ponderia) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Prototyphis zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Pterynotus (Pterochelus) zealandicus (Hutton, 1873)
=Typhis zealandica Hutton, 1873
Details: Ponderia zealandica Hutton, 1873
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
Eastern (Bay of Plenty and Ranfurly Bank) and south-western North Island, and far northern South Island (off Cape Farewell). Castlecliff, Wanganui fossil, from 55-164m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.358)
  • D'Atillio, A., Hertz, C.M. 1988 An Illustrated catalogue of the family Typhidae Cossmann, 1903 (Gastropoda: Muricacea), The Festivus (p.37)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.172)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1962 The Genus Pterynotus Swainson (Gastropoda, Family Muricidae) in New Zealand and Norfolk Island, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(14) (p.115)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum, Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington 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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