Axymene aucklandicus

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

Axymene aucklandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Axymene
Species:
A. aucklandicus
Binomial name
Axymene aucklandicus
(E. A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Axymene turbator Finlay, 1927
  • Axymene traversi aucklandica Fleming, 1951
  • Euthria aucklandica E. A. Smith, 1902
  • Trophon columnaris Suter, 1908
  • Trophon erectus Suter, 1909
  • Trophon (Kalydon) columnaris Suter, 1908
  • Trophon (Kalydon) erectus Suter, 1909
  • Xymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902)

References

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  1. ^ Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Axymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598753 on 2015-01-08
  • Suter, H. (1908a) Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8, 178–191, pl. 7
  • Suter, H. (1909). The Mollusca of the Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Pp 1–57 in Chilton, C. (ed.), The Subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Reports on the geo-physics, geology, zoology, and botany of the islands lying to the south of New Zealand, based mainly on observations and collections made during an expedition in the Government steamer “Hinemoa” (Captain J. Bollons) in November 1907. 1. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, Wellington.
  • 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.
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