Timbellus richeri

Timbellus richeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Timbellus
Species: T. richeri
Binomial name
Timbellus richeri
(Houart, 1986)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus richeri Houart, 1987 (basionym)

Timbellus richeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Coral Sea and along New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ a b Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1986).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565294  on 13 April 2011.

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