Biology:Timbellus fulgens

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Timbellus fulgens
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Shell of Timbellus fulgens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Timbellus
Species:
T. fulgens
Binomial name
Timbellus fulgens
(Houart, 1988)
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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7804614 entry