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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)
> Lamellitrophon (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) huttonii Murdoch, 1900
=Xymene huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
=Zeatrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
=Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930
Images: Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
Under rocks in shallow water, Leigh, Northland, NZ. 13mm
Holotype of Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930, collected Stewart Island, NZ (MA70867). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Lamellitrophon (Genus)
> huttonii (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon (Kalydon) huttonii Murdoch, 1900
=Xymene huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
=Zeatrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
=Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930
Details: Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900)
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2022 New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Novapex, 23(1) (p.9)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.175)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.491)
  • 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 (p.217) Original Description

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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