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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)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> venustus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula venusta B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Images: Enixotrophon venustus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Holotype, collected Jan 1994, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.190335). 34.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Trawled in 1000 metres, Ritchie Ridge, off Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, NZ. 34mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Enixotrophon (Genus)
> venustus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pagodula Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pagodula venusta B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011
Details: Enixotrophon venustus (B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2011)
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 21mm
Distribution:
Tasmania, Middleton Reefs and New Zealand. West Norfolk Ridge, Reinga Ridge, eastern North Island and Chatham Rise, from 800-1251m
Type Data:
  • 785-800 metres, West Norfolk Ridge, W of Cape Reinga, NZ, (paratype)
  • 750-870 metres, Calyptogena Bank, Ritchie Ridge, off Mahia Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 900 metres, SE of Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2011 The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 54 (p.109) 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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