Xymenella pusilla

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

Xymenella pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Xymenella
Species:
X. pusilla
Binomial name
Xymenella pusilla
(Suter, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium suteri Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
  • Trophon pusillus Suter, 1907 (original combination)
  • Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924
  • Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References
  1. Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598754 on 2015-01-08
  • Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153.


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