Xymenopsis muriciformis

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Xymenopsis muriciformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Xymenopsis
Species:
X. muriciformis
Binomial name
Xymenopsis muriciformis
(King & Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum cancellarioidesReeve, 1847
  • Buccinum muriciformeKing & Broderip, 1832 (original combination)
  • Buccinum muriciformisKing & Broderip, 1833
  • Fusus decolorPhilippi, 1845
  • Fusus liratusGould, 1849
  • Fusus liratus Philippi, 1887
  • Trophon acuminatus Strebel, 1904
  • Trophon albusStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon couthouyiStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon elegansStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon fenestratusStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon lebruniMabille & Rochebrune, 1889
  • Trophon loebbeckeiKobelt & Küster, 1878
  • Trophon obesusStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon paessleriStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon paessleri turritaStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon pseudoelongatusStrebel, 1904
  • Trophon violaceusMabille & Rochebrune, 1889

Xymenopsis muriciformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 42 mm.

(Described as Buccinum cancellarioides) The yellowish shell is ovately fusiform and rather thin. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, concentrically plicately ribbed and transversely engraved. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.

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