Poirieria zelandica

Poirieria zelandica
Shell of Poirieria zelandica from New Zealand, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Poirieria
Species: P. zelandica
Binomial name
Poirieria zelandica
(Quoy & Gaimard,1833)
Synonyms
  • Murex novaezeelandiae Gray, J.E. in Sowerby, G.B. II, 1834

Poirieria zelandica, common name the spiny murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail with an operculum. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

Description

Shells of Poirieria zelandica can reach a size of 35–65 millimetres (1.4–2.6 in).[2] These shells are roughly fusiforms, with long, straight spines. The aperture is ovate and large. The outher lip is thin.[3]

Distribution

This species can be found in Tasmania and New Zealand.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS
  2. 1 2 Gastropods
  3. ↑ George E. Radwin,Anthony D'Attilio Murex Shells of the World: An Illustrated Guide to the Muricidae
  4. ↑ New Zealand Mollusca
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
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