Xymene is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails, found in New Zealand.
Species
Species and subspecies within the genus Xymene include:
Species brought into synonymy:
- Xymene ambiguus <small>(Philippi, 1844)</small>: synonym of Zeatrophon ambiguus <small>(Philippi, 1844)</small>
- Xymene aucklandicus <small>(E. A. Smith, 1902)</small>: synonym of Axymene aucklandicus <small>(E. A. Smith, 1902)</small>
- Xymene gouldi <small>(Cossmann, 1903)</small>: synonym of Fuegotrophon pallidus <small>(Broderip, 1833)</small>
- Xymene inferus <small>(Hutton, 1878)</small>: synonym of Xymene plebeius <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- Xymene mortenseni <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>: synonym of Zeatrophon mortenseni <small>(Odhner, 1924)</small>
- Xymene oliveri <small>Marwick, 1924</small>: synonym of Xymene pusillus <small>(Suter, 1907)</small>
- Xymene pulcherrimus <small>(Finlay, 1930)</small>: synonym of Zeatrophon pulcherrimus <small>Finlay, 1930</small>
- Xymene pusillus <small>(Suter, 1907)</small>: synonym of Xymenella pusilla <small>(Suter, 1907)</small>
- Xymene quirindus <small>Iredale, 1915</small>: synonym of Xymene traversi <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
- Xymene robustus <small>Finlay, 1924</small>: synonym of Xymene pumilus <small>(Suter, 1909)</small>
- Xymene traversi <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>: synonym of Axymene traversi <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
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