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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Lenitrophon (Genus)
> convexus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Axymene (Lenitrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon convexus Suter, 1909
=Xymene convexus (Suter, 1909)
Images: Lenitrophon convexus (Suter, 1909)
Dredged in 150 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 7.8mm
Trawled in 80 metres, off Otago, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Lenitrophon (Genus)
> convexus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Axymene (Lenitrophon) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon convexus Suter, 1909
=Xymene convexus (Suter, 1909)
Details: Lenitrophon convexus (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12.4mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island. Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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