Lamellitrophon traversi

Lamellitrophon traversi
Shell of Lamellitrophon traversi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Lamellitrophon
Species:	L. traversi
Binomial name
Lamellitrophon traversi (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms
Axymene traversi(F. W. Hutton, 1873) superseded combination Euthria linea traversi Suter, 1913 Fusus corticatusHutton, 1873 Fusus traversi Hutton, 1873 (original combination) Trophon waipipicolaWebster, 1906 Xymene quirindus Iredale, 1915 Xymene traversi(Hutton, 1873)

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is ovate-fusiform. The spire whorls and the posterior portion of the body whorl are longitudinally ribbed, with ten ribs per whorl. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is short and slightly recurved to the left. Both lips are smooth. The shell is white, adorned with thin brown spiral stripes, of which ten to twelve are present on the body whorl. The interior is white, featuring two interrupted brown bands on the outer lip. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

1. Lamellitrophon traversi (F. W. Hutton, 1873) . 22 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Hutton, F.W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Wellington: Didsbury. p. 9. Retrieved 22 February 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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