''Xymene plebeius'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

* Beu, A.G. & Maxwell, P.A. (1990) ''Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand''. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 58, 1–518 Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1873 Xymene {{Pagodulinae-stub