Xymene warreni
Appearance
Xymene warreni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Xymene |
Species: | X. warreni
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Binomial name | |
Xymene warreni Ponder, 1972
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Xymene warreni is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails,[1] and was first described in 1972 by Winston Ponder.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Houart, R. (2014). Xymene warreni Ponder, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399428 on 2015-01-08
- ^ W. F. Ponder (December 1972). "A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca : Muricidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2 (4): 471-499 [472]. doi:10.1080/03036758.1972.10423295. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q104026786.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1