Timbellus xenos
Timbellus xenos | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. xenos |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus xenos (Harasewych, 1982) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pterynotus xenos Harasewych, 1982 (basionym) |
Timbellus xenos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 6.3 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Timbellus xenos (Harasewych, 1982). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133