Xymene huttoni

Xymene huttoni
	X. huttoni in Paremata, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
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;

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

^ 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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