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Genus of gastropods
Xymene is a
genus of
predatory
sea snails,
marine
gastropod
molluscs in the
family
Muricidae, the rock snails, found in New Zealand.
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Species
Species and subspecies within the genus Xymene include:
- Species brought into synonymy
- Xymene ambiguus (
Philippi, 1844): synonym of
Zeatrophon ambiguus (Philippi, 1844)
- Xymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902): synonym of
Axymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902)
- Xymene gouldi (Cossmann, 1903): synonym of
Fuegotrophon pallidus (Broderip, 1833)
- Xymene inferus (Hutton, 1878): synonym of Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
- Xymene mortenseni (
Odhner, 1924): synonym of
Zeatrophon mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
- Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924: synonym of Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
- Xymene pulcherrimus (
Finlay, 1930): synonym of
Zeatrophon pulcherrimus Finlay, 1930
- Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907): synonym of
Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
- Xymene quirindus Iredale, 1915: synonym of Xymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)
- Xymene robustus Finlay, 1924: synonym of Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)
- Xymene traversi (
Hutton, 1873): synonym of
Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)
References
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Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca,
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
ISBN
0-00-216906-1
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W.F. Pondser, A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1972, vol. 2 (4), pp. 471-499
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Bruce A. Marshall, Molluscan and brachiopod taxa introduced by F. W. Hutton in The New Zealand journal of science; Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 25, Issue 4, 1995