Xymenopsis

Xymenopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMuricidae

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Specimen records: 23
With media: 1
Family: Muricidae
Collections: USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in: Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Muricidae
Image: Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.28461 - Xymenopsis corrugatus (Reeve, 1845) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

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taxon name: Xymenopsis
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Xymenopsis

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Xymenopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== Species within the genus Xymenopsis include: Xymenopsis buccineus (Lamarck, 1816) Xymenopsis corrugata (Reeve, 1845) Xymenopsis flechensis Brunet 1997 † Xymenopsis heros Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1995 Xymenopsis muriciformis (King & Broderip, 1833) Xymenopsis peninsularis Brunet 1997 Xymenopsis quenseli Brunet 1997 Xymenopsis subnodosus (Gray, 1839) Xymenopsis tcherniai (Gaillard, 1954) Species brought into synonymy: Xymenopsis albidus (Philippi, 1846): synonym of Xymenopsis buccineus (Lamarck, 1816) Xymenopsis corrugatus [sic]: synonym of Xymenopsis corrugata (Reeve, 1848)

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