Xymenopsis muriciformis

Xymenopsis muriciformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Xymenopsis muriciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Xymenopsis
Species:	X. muriciformis
Binomial name
Xymenopsis muriciformis (King & Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
Buccinum cancellarioides Reeve, 1847 Buccinum muriciforme King & Broderip, 1832 (original combination) Buccinum muriciformis King & Broderip, 1833 Fusus decolor Philippi, 1845 Fusus liratus Gould, 1849 † Fusus liratus Philippi, 1887 Trophon acuminatus Strebel, 1904 Trophon albus Strebel, 1904 Trophon couthouyi Strebel, 1904 Trophon elegans Strebel, 1904 Trophon fenestratus Strebel, 1904 Trophon lebruni Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 Trophon loebbeckei Kobelt & Küster, 1878 Trophon obesus Strebel, 1904 Trophon paessleri Strebel, 1904 Trophon paessleri turrita Strebel, 1904 Trophon pseudoelongatus Strebel, 1904 Trophon violaceus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889

Description

The length of the shell attains 42 mm.

(Described as Buccinum cancellarioides) The yellowish shell is ovately fusiform and rather thin. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, concentrically plicately ribbed and transversely engraved. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Argentina.