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Molluscan Research 32(3): 137-144; published 28 Sept. 2012
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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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