Xymene huttoni

Xymene huttoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Xymene
Species: X. huttoni
Binomial name
Xymene huttoni
(Murdoch, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Trophon huttoni Murdoch, 1900
  • Trophon (Kalydon) huttonii Murdoch, 1900 (original combination)
  • Xymene huttoni Ponder, 1972
  • Xymene robustus Finlay, 1924
  • Zeatrophon tmetus Finlay, 1930

Xymene huttoni 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.

References

  1. Marshall, B.; Houart, R. (2014). Xymene huttonii (Murdoch, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399417 on 2015-01-08
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