Lamellitrophon huttonii

Lamellitrophon huttonii
Lamellitrophon in Paremata, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Lamellitrophon
Species:
L. huttoni
Binomial name
Lamellitrophon huttoni
(Murdoch, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Trophon huttonii Murdoch, 1900
  • Trophon (Kalydon) huttonii Murdoch, 1900 (original combination)
  • Xymene huttonii Ponder, 1972
  • Zeatrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900) (superseded combination)
  • Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930

Lamellitrophon huttoni 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. ^ Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900). 22 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • 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
  • Marshall, B. A. & Houart, R. (2022). New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand. Novapex. 23 (1): 1-26.


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