Xymene convexus

Xymene convexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Xymene
Species:	X. convexus
Binomial name
	Xymene convexus; (Suter, 1909)
Synonyms
	Trophon convexus Suter, 1909; Axymene traversi convexus Fleming, 1951;

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

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

^ 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

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