Timbellus fulgens
Appearance
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Timbellus fulgens | |
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Shell of Timbellus fulgens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. fulgens
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Binomial name | |
Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 (basionym) |
Timbellus fulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2011.
- Houart, R. (1988). Description of seven new species of Muricidae (Neagastropoda) from the south-western Pacific Ocean. Venus. 47(3): 185-196.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133
External links
[edit]- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) fulgens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.