Zeatrophon mortenseni explained

Zeatrophon mortenseni 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.

Further reading

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
• Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247

Notes and References

1. Houart, R. (2009). Xymene mortenseni (Odhner, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399418 on 2010-05-19