Xymene convexus

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Xymene convexus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Xymene
Species:
X. convexus
Binomial name
Xymene convexus
(Suter, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Trophon convexus Suter, 1909
  • Axymene traversi convexusFleming, 1951

Xymene convexus 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.

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References

  1. Houart, R. (2014). Xymene convexus (Suter, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399415 on 2015-01-08