Lamellitrophon traversi
Species of gastropod
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Lamellitrophon traversi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
| Lamellitrophon traversi | |
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| Shell of Lamellitrophon traversi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Lamellitrophon |
| Species: | L. traversi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamellitrophon traversi (Hutton, 1873) | |
| Synonyms | |
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.
