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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
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)

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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