Biology:Axymene traversi

Short description: Species of gastropod

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.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
• Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153.

Wikidata ☰ Q13432741 entry