Xymene huttoni

Xymene huttoni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

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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
  • Murdoch, R. (1900) Descriptions of some new species of Pliocene Mollusca from the Wanganui District, with notes on other described species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 32, 216–221, pl. 20.
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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