Belongs within: Muricidae.
Axymene is a New Zealand genus of murexes bearing a shell with strong coarse axial ribs and rather irregular spirals, and a pronounced canal (Finlay 1927).
<==Axymene Finlay 1927RA75
| i. s.: A. robustus (Finlay 1924)P61
| A. teres Finlay 1930P61
|--A. (Axymene)F27
| |--*A. (A.) turbator Finlay 1927 [=Trophon (*A.) turbator]RA75
| |--A. (A.) corticatus (Hutton 1873)F27, P61 [=Fusus corticatusF27, Trophon (Kalydon) corticatusF27]
| |--A. (A.) murdochi (Marwick 1924) [=Trophon murdochi]F27
| |--A. (A.) pumila (Suter 1899) [=Trophon ambiguus pumila; incl. Xymene robustus Finlay 1924]F27
| |--A. (A.) traversi (Hutton 1873) [=Fusus traversi, Buccinulum lineatum traversi]F27
| | |--A. t. traversiP61
| | |--A. t. aucklandicus (Smith 1902)P61
| | |--A. t. convexus (Suter 1909)P61
| | `--A. t. erectus (Suter 1909)P61 [=Trophon (Kalydon) erectusF27]
| `--A. (A.) waipipicola (Webster 1906) [=Trophon (Kalydon) waipipicola]F27
`--A. (Lenitrophon Finlay 1927)F27
`--A. (*L.) convexa (Suter 1909) [=Trophon (Kalydon) convexus]F27
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.
[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.
[RA75] Radwin, G. E., & A. D’Attilio. 1975. A catalogue of muricacean generic taxa. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 17 (20): 279–292.