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Xymene

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Xymene is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trophoninae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Xymenella was named by Finlay (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Xymene by Powell (1979).

    It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Xymenella Finlay
1990Xymene Beu et al. pp. 414, 415
2002Xymene Sepkoski
2002Xymenella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrophoninaeCossmann 1903
genusXymene

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Xymenella Finlay 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Antarctica (Seymour Island) X. marincovichi (63551)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) X. lamesetaensis (63553)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) X. apipagoda, X. comes (45037)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Antarctica X. lamesetaensis (72389 72391)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Xymenella elegans (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina X. dautzembergi (71539) Xymenella dautzembergi (185967) Xymenella elegans (71430 71540 71542)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Xymenella lepida (67822 67899) Xymenella lepida, Xymenella n. sp. (67897) Xymenella n. sp. (67900)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand (Auckland) X. coctor (45259)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Xymenella infratabulata (77658)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126New Zealand (Wellington) X. expansus (94818)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan X. contractus (96943 96945)