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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil