Gemixystus Iredale, 1929

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2012, New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific, Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 21-37 : 30

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n1a2
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scientific name	Gemixystus Iredale, 1929
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Genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES (by original designation). — Trophon laminatus Petterd, 1884 , Recent, southeastearn Australia.

Apixystus Iredale, 1929 (type species by original designation: Trophon stimuleus Hedley, 1907 View in CoL , Recent, eastern Australia).

REMARKS

Iredale (1929: 185) separated Gemixystus from Apixystus because of their different protoconch morphology, Gemixystus having an “angulate apex” compared to the “smooth rounded apex” of Apixystus . However, such differences in Muricidae are now considered to be a useful tool at the specific level only.The two taxa were recognized as congeneric by Houart (2004).