Antimelatoma buchanani

Antimelatoma buchanani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Antimelatoma
Species:	A. buchanani
Binomial name
*Antimelatoma buchanani* (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms^[1]
Antimelatoma ahiparana Powell, 1942 Antimelatoma benthicola Powell, 1942 Drillia maorum E.A. Smith, 1877

Antimelatoma buchanani is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

External links

Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

References

1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Antimelatoma buchanani (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578787 on 2012-01-14

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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