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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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene pulcherrimus (Finlay, 1930)
Images: Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
Collected 21 Feb 1979, Pegasus Canyon, NE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.094739). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 25 Feb 1972, North Arm, Port Pegasus, Stewart Island, NZ (M.026615). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 2 Mar 1976, S of Waverley, Taranaki, NZ (M.050210). © 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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Xymene pulcherrimus (Finlay, 1930)
Details: Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau and Pukaki Rise, from 36-570m
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Barco, A., Marshall, B.A., Houart, R., Oliverio, M. 2015 Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species., Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81 (p.484)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.174)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.489)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.238) 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