''Xymene'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
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, the rock snails, found in New Zealand.
[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]
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus ''Xymene'' include:
* ''
Xymene convexus''
(Suter
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* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1909)
* ''
Xymene erectus''
(Suter, 1909)
* ''
Xymene huttoni''
(Murdoch, 1900)
* ''
Xymene plebeius''
(Hutton Hutton may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
* Hutton Cliffs, Ross Island
* Hutton Mountains
;Australia
* Hutton Sandstone Formation
;Canada
* Hutton, Alberta, a locality
* Hutton, British Columbia, a railway point
* Hutton railway station, Brit ...
, 1873)
* ''
Xymene pumilus''
(Suter
Suter is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
* Alexis P. Suter (born 1963), American blues, and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Andrew Burn Suter (1830–1895), Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand
* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1909)
* ''
Xymene teres''
(Finlay
Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh.
Given name Finlay
*Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
* Finlay Christie (comedian), British comedian
* Finlay Christie, Scottis ...
, 1930)
* ''
Xymene warreni''
Ponder, 1972
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Xymene ambiguus''
(Philippi
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, 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
Finlay is a masculine given name, and also a surname. The given name is represented in Scottish Gaelic as Fionnlagh.
Given name Finlay
*Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
* Finlay Christie (comedian), British comedian
* Finlay Christie, Scottis ...
, 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 Hutton may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
* Hutton Cliffs, Ross Island
* Hutton Mountains
;Australia
* Hutton Sandstone Formation
;Canada
* Hutton, Alberta, a locality
* Hutton, British Columbia, a railway point
* Hutton railway station, Brit ...
, 1873): synonym of ''
Axymene traversi''
(Hutton, 1873)
References
*
Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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
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