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Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)

Murdochella

Finlay, 1927

Shell acuminate, with axial lamellae and frequently spiral threads, basal cord present, peristome discontinuous, labrum fluted by external sculpture; no intritacalx; protoconch bulbous, of 2 whorls, at least partially axially ribbed.



Genotype:

Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)


Literature cited:

Brown, L. & Neville, B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1). pp: 001-188
Kilburn, R.N (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1). pp: 239-337
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Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)

arsint.com (2023).

Murdochella levifoliata
10.4 mm
New Caledonia.

Species List.


Species
Size mm
[min-max]
Costae
[min-max]
Umbilicus
Records
Distribution
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Murdochella crispata
Kilburn, 1985
10.0 - 7.5
16 - 40
No
Rest of world
Continental shelf and slope of Transkei [Kilburn, 1985:263]
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Murdochella levifoliata
(Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
10.4 - 5.7
-
No
Rest of world
Continental Shelf of New Zealand; New Caledonia
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Murdochella lobata
Kilburn, 1985
4.5 - 3.3
15 - 18
No
Rest of world
Continental slope of western Transkei [Kilburn, 1985:264]
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Murdochella macrina
Iredale, 1936
28.0 - 5.0
17 - 50
No
Queensland
Kii Peninsula, Japan; Moreton Bay Queensland southwards to eastern Bass Straight and to Bunbury, south-western WA, Australia [Beechey, 2008]
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Murdochella tricingulata
Campagnari & Geiger, 2018
4.5 - 2.7
-
Rest of world
Hawaii, USA [Campagnari et al., 2019:85]
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Murdochella turritelliformis
L. G. Brown, 2019
9.1 - 9.1
20 - 55
Rest of world
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA [Brown, 2019:66]