Xymenopsis subnodosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Pagodulinae |
| Genus: | Xymenopsis |
| Species: | X. subnodosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xymenopsis subnodosus (Gray, 1839)
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Description edit
(Described as Fusus cancellinus) The white shell is fusiform. The whorls are convex. There are 16 ribs and 12 lirae (in the body whorl about24). The aperture is ovately oblong. The siphonal canal measures about the same length as the spire. The inner lip is thickened and toothed.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Strait of Magellan.
References edit
- ^ a b Xymenopsis subnodosus (Gray, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Philippi, (R.) A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71