Xymene plebeius

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

Xymene plebeius
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. plebeius
Binomial name
Xymene plebeius
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus inferus Hutton, 1878
  • Fusus plebeius Hutton, 1873
  • Xymene inferus (Hutton, 1878)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References
  1. Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518


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