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Murexsul proavitus Laws, 1935 †
830854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:830854)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Laws, C.R. (1935) New Tertiary Mollusca from New Zealand-no. 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 65, 30–43, pls. 5–7.
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 28 [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 28 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand
type locality contained in New Zealand [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murexsul proavitus Laws, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=830854 on 2025-09-11
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Laws, C.R. (1935) New Tertiary Mollusca from New Zealand-no. 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 65, 30–43, pls. 5–7.
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 28 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 222, pl. 27 figs 4-5; note: figs 4a-b: holotype illustrated [details]
page(s): 42, pl. 7 fig. 28 [details]
basis of record Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 222, pl. 27 figs 4-5; note: figs 4a-b: holotype illustrated [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
