WoRMS taxon details
Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905)
450661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450661)
accepted
Species
Mitra bicornis Laws, 1936 † · unaccepted (alleged synonym)
Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Vulpecula hedleyi Murdoch, 1905 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905) Murdoch, R. (1905). Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 217-232, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3742970
page(s): 228 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone, New...
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450661 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitra bicornis Laws, 1936 †) Laws, C. R. (1936). The Waitotaran faunule at Kaawa Creek, Part 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 66: 99-124.
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905) Murdoch, R. (1905). Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 217-232, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3742970
page(s): 228 [details]
basis of record Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 1(4): 467-502. [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
original description (of Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905) Murdoch, R. (1905). Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 217-232, pls 7-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3742970
page(s): 228 [details]
basis of record Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 1(4): 467-502. [details]
Other
additional source
Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1972). The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda). Malacologia. 11: 295-342.
page(s): 322 [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Ponder, W. F. (1972). The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda). Malacologia. 11: 295-342.
page(s): 322 [details]





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