Xymene

Xymene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Xymene Iredale, 1915
Type species
Fusus plebeius Hutton, 1873
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1]
Axymene Finlay, 1926 Kalydon Hutton, 1873 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 911) Lenitrophon Finlay, 1926 Trophon (Kalydon) Xymenella Finlay, 1926 Zeatrophon Finlay, 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:

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)

↑ 1.0 1.1 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