Gemixystus

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

Gemixystus
Shell of Gemixystus calcareus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Trophoninae
Genus:	Gemixystus Iredale, 1929
Type species
Trophon laminatus Petterd, 1884
Synonyms[1]
Apixystus Iredale, 1929 Gemixystus (Apixystus) Iredale, 1929

Species

Species within the genus Gemixystus include:

• Gemixystus calcareus Houart & Héros, 2012
• Gemixystus fimbriatus Houart, 2004^[2]
• † Gemixystus hypsellus (Tate, 1888)
• † Gemixystus icosiphyllus (Tate, 1888)
• Gemixystus impolitus Houart & Héros, 2019
• Gemixystus laminatus (Petterd, 1884)^[3]
• Gemixystus lenis Houart & Héros, 2019
• Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995)^[4]
• Gemixystus polyphillius (Tenison-Woods, 1879)^[5]
• Gemixystus recurvatus (Verco, 1909)^[6]
• Gemixystus rhodanos Houart, 2004^[7]
• Gemixystus rippingalei (Houart, 1998)^[8]
• Gemixystus stimuleus (Hedley, 1907)^[9]
• Gemixystus transkeiensis (Houart, 1987)
• † Gemixystus zebra Houart, 2004^[10]

Species brought into synonymy

• Gemixystus apipagodus (Ponder, 1972) † : synonym of Xymenella apipagoda (Ponder, 1972) †
• Gemixystus comes (Maxwell, 1992) † : synonym of Xymenella comes (P. A. Maxwell, 1992) †
• Gemixystus protocarinatus (Laws, 1941) † : synonym of Xymenella protocarinata Laws, 1941 †