Lamellitrophon huttonii

Lamellitrophon huttonii
Lamellitrophon in Paremata, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Lamellitrophon
Species:	L. huttoni
Binomial name
Lamellitrophon huttoni (Murdoch, 1900)
Synonyms
Trophon huttoniiMurdoch, 1900 Trophon (Kalydon) huttoniiMurdoch, 1900 (original combination) Xymene huttonii Ponder, 1972 Zeatrophon huttonii(Murdoch, 1900) (superseded combination) Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930

Lamellitrophon huttoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

1. Lamellitrophon huttonii (Murdoch, 1900) . 22 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• 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, 216–221, pl. 20.
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
• Marshall, B. A. & Houart, R. (2022). New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand. Novapex. 23 (1): 1-26.

External links

• Finlay, H.J. (1930). "Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 2396.