Xymene
Encyclopedia
Xymene is a genus
of predatory sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Muricidae
, the rock snails, found in New Zealand
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Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of predatory sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the rock snails, found in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Species
Species and subspecies within the genus Xymene include:- Xymene ambiguusXymene ambiguusXymene ambiguus common name the large trophon, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails....
(PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1844) - Xymene aucklandicusXymene aucklandicusXymene aucklandicus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(E. A. Smith, 1902) - Xymene convexusXymene convexusXymene convexus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1909) - Xymene erectusXymene erectusXymene erectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Suter, 1909) - Xymene gouldiXymene gouldiXymene gouldi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(Cossmann, 1903) - Xymene huttoniXymene huttoniXymene huttoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(Murdoch, 1900) - Xymene mortenseniXymene mortenseniXymene mortenseni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.- Further reading :...
(OdhnerNils Hjalmar OdhnerNils Hjalmar Odhner was a Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks, a malacologist. During his lifetime he was professor of invertebrate zoology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm...
, 1924) - Xymene plebeiusXymene plebeiusXymene plebeius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1873) - Xymene pulcherrimusXymene pulcherrimusXymene pulcherrimus is a species of small predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930) - Xymene pumilusXymene pumilusXymene pumilus is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(SuterHenry SuterHenry Suter was a New Zealand zoologist, naturalist, palaeontologist, and malacologist.- Biography :...
, 1909) - Xymene pusillusXymene pusillusXymene pusillus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Suter, 1907) - Xymene teresXymene teresXymene teres is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(FinlayHarold John FinlayHarold John Finlay was a New Zealand palaeontologist and conchologist. He was born in Comilla, India , on 22 March 1901....
, 1930) - Xymene traversiXymene traversiXymene traversi is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
(HuttonFrederick Wollaston HuttonCaptain Frederick Wollaston Hutton, FRS, was an English scientist who applied the theory of natural selection to explain the origins and nature of the natural history of New Zealand.- Biography :...
, 1873) - Xymene warreniXymene warreniXymene warreni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.-References:...
PonderWinston PonderWinston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
, 1972
Species brought into synonymy :
- Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924 : synonym of Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
- Xymene quirindus Iredale, 1915 synonym of Xymene traversi (Hutton, 1873)
- Xymene robustus Finlay, 1924 synonym of Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)