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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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> mortenseni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon mortenseni Odhner, 1924
=Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
=Xymene mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
=Zeatrophon mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
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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)
> Zeatrophon (Genus)
> mortenseni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon mortenseni Odhner, 1924
=Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
=Xymene mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
=Zeatrophon mortenseni mortenseni (Odhner, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Zeatrophon mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 6.5mm
Distribution:
Off Auckland Islands, intertidal to about 10 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.174)
  • 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.489)
  • Odhner, N.H. 1924 Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca, Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77 (p.39) Original Description

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