Xymene huttoni
Appearance
Xymene huttoni | |
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X. huttoni in Paremata, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Xymene |
Species: | X. huttoni
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Binomial name | |
Xymene huttoni (Murdoch, 1900)
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Synonyms | |
Xymene huttoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, B.; Houart, R. (2014). Xymene huttonii (Murdoch, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399417 on 2015-01-08
- Murdoch, R. (1900) Descriptions of some new species of Pliocene Mollusca from the Wanganui District, with notes on other described species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 32, 216–221, pl. 20.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1