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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
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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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