Zeatrophon mortenseni
| Zeatrophon mortenseni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Pagudilinae |
| Genus: | Zeatrophon |
| Species: | Z. mortenseni |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeatrophon mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zeatrophon mortenseni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
- 1 2 Houart, R. (2009). Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399418 on 2010-05-19
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247
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