Axymene traversi

Axymene traversi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Axymene
Species: A. traversi
Binomial name
Axymene traversi
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Euthria linea traversi Suter, 1913
  • Fusus corticatus Hutton, 1873
  • Fusus traversi Hutton, 1873 (original combination)
  • Kalydon duodecimus Hutton, 1884
  • Trophon waipipicola Webster, 1906
  • Xymene quirindus Iredale, 1915
  • Xymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)

Axymene traversi 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. Marshall, B. (2014). Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716187 on 2015-01-08


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