Xymene

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Xymene
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Xymene ambiguus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Xymene
Iredale, 1915
Type species
Fusus plebeiusHutton, 1873
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • AxymeneFinlay, 1926
  • KalydonHutton, 1873 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 911)
  • LenitrophonFinlay, 1926
  • Trophon (Kalydon)
  • XymenellaFinlay, 1926
  • ZeatrophonFinlay, 1926

Xymene is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails, found in New Zealand. [1]

Species

Species and subspecies within the genus Xymene include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Houart, R. (2010). Xymene Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399023 on 2011-04-10