Xymene Iredale 1915

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 convexus (Suter, 1909)
• Xymene erectus (Suter, 1909)
• Xymene huttoni (Murdoch, 1900)
• Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
• Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)
• Xymene teres (Finlay, 1930)
• Xymene warreni Ponder, 1972

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

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• 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
• 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