Xymenopsis tcherniai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Xymenopsis tcherniai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Xymenopsis
Species:
X. tcherniai
Binomial name
Xymenopsis tcherniai
(Gaillard, 1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) tcherniai Gaillard, 1954
  • Pleurotoma tcherniai Gaillard, 1954 (original combination)
  • Pleurotomella tcherniai (Gaillard, 1954)

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Adelie Coast, Antarctica.

References

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  • Gaillard J.M. (1954). Mission du Batiment Polaire "Commandant Charcot". Récoltes faites en Terre Adélie (1950) par M. Paul Tchernia. III. Mollusques. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 2, 26(6): 678–684.