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]
  • Trophon mortenseni Odhner, 1924
  • Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Xymene mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
  • Xymene mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
  • Zeatrophon caudatinus Finlay, 1930 (original combination)
  • Zeatrophon mortenseni caudatinus (Finlay, 1930)
  • Zeatrophon mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)

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. 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

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