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Species of gastropod
Axymene traversi
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A. traversi
Binomial name
Axymene traversi
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.
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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.