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

Xymene convexus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Xymene
Species:
X. convexus
Binomial name
Xymene convexus
(Suter, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Trophon convexus Suter, 1909
  • Axymene traversi convexus Fleming, 1951

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ Houart, R. (2014). Xymene convexus (Suter, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=399415 on 2015-01-08
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1