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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymene (Genus)
> pumilus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon ambiguus var. pumila Suter, 1899
=Xymene robustus Finlay, 1924
Images: Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)
Trawled off Oamaru, N Otago, 50-80 metres. 11mm
Collected Jan 1952, off Whero Island, Carter Passage, Stewart Island, NZ (M.021937). ~22mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymene (Genus)
> pumilus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trophon ambiguus var. pumila Suter, 1899
=Xymene robustus Finlay, 1924
Details: Xymene pumilus (Suter, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
From Cape Campbell to Stewart Island, and Auckland Islands. Sublittoral to about 550 metres
Geographical Range:
CFAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.176)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.497)
  • Suter, H. 1899 Malacological communications from New Zealand, Journal of Malacology, 7 (p.55) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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