Axymene
Genus of gastropods
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Axymene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Axymene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Pagudilinae |
| Genus: | Axymene Finlay, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Axymene turbator Finlay, 1926 | |
Species
Species within the genus Axymene include:
- Axymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Axymene philippinensis Petuch, 1979: synonym of Preangeria dentata (Schepman, 1911)
- Axymene teres Finlay, 1930: synonym of Xymene teres (Finlay, 1930)
- Axymene traversi (Hutton, 1873): synonym of Lamellitrophon traversi (F. W. Hutton, 1873)
- Axymene turbator Finlay, 1926: synonym of Axymene aucklandicus (E. A. Smith, 1902)
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