''Axymene traversi'' is a
species of
predatory sea snail
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, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
[Marshall, B. (2014). Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716187 on 2015-01-08]
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
* 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.
Pagodulinae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1873
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