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Xymenopsis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Xymenopsis was named by Powell (1951). It is extant. Its type is Fusus liratus.

It was assigned to Trophoninae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Muricidae by Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995) and Nielson and Valdovinos (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Xymenopsis Powell
1995Xymenopsis Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 59
2005Xymenopsis Rosenberg
2008Xymenopsis Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209

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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
genusXymenopsisPowell 1951

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.

G. Xymenopsis Powell 1951
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Xymenopsis buccinea Lamarck 1816
Xymenopsis dispar Rochebrune and Mabile 1889
Xymenopsis hero Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995
Xymenopsis liratus Gould 1849
Xymenopsis muriciformis King and Broderip 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available