Xymene plebeius
Appearance
Xymene plebeius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Xymene |
Species: | X. plebeius
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Binomial name | |
Xymene plebeius (Hutton, 1873)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Xymene plebeius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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