Zeatrophon mortenseni

Zeatrophon mortenseni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

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)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References
  1. 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
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247


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