The Recent Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of New Zealand

Molluscan Research 32(3): 137-144; published 28 Sept. 2012
Copyright © The Malacological Society of Australasia & the Society for the Study of Molluscan Diversity
The Recent Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) of New Zealand

ROLAND HOUART¹ & BRUCE A. MARSHALL²

^{1Research
associate, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels,
Belgium. Email: roland.houart@skynet.be
^{2Museum
of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand.

Email: bruce.marshall@tepapa.govt.nz
(corresponding author)}
Abstract

The Recent Typhinae from the
New Zealand region are reviewed. Four species are recognized: Monstrotyphis
pauperis (Mestayer, 1916), M. montfortii (A. Adams, 1863), M.
tangaroa n. sp. and Siphonochelus solus Vella, 1961. A possible
fifth species, known from a single, subadult specimen, remains unidentified.

Key words:
new taxa, new records, Monstrotyphis, Siphonochelus

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