''Xymene huttoni'' is a
species
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of
predatory
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sea snail, a
marine
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gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the rock snails or murex snails.
[Marshall, B.; Houart, R. (2014). Xymene huttonii (Murdoch, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399417 on 2015-01-08]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
* 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
Gastropods of New Zealand
Gastropods described in 1900
Xymene
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