Axymene

Axymene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Axymene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)