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 †

References

1. Gemixystus Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. Gemixystus fimbriatus Houart, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Gemixystus laminatus (Petterd, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Gemixystus leptos (Houart, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Gemixystus polyphillius (Tenison-Woods, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Gemixystus recurvatus (Verco, 1909). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Gemixystus rhodanos Houart, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Gemixystus rippingalei (Houart, 1998). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Gemixystus stimuleus (Hedley, 1907). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Gemixystus zebra Houart, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Houart R. & Héros V. (2019). The genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) in New Caledonia with the description of two new species and some notes on the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 20(1-2): 1-12.

External links

• redale, T. (1929). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 17(4): 157-189
• Houart R. (2004). A review of Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Australia and New Zealand. Novapex. 5 (Hors-série 2): 1-27