Timbellus radwini

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Timbellus radwini
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. radwini
Binomial name
Timbellus radwini
(Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus radwini Harasewych & Jensen, 1979 (basionym)

Timbellus radwini, common name Radwin's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species can be found in the Caribbean Sea along Belize and Honduras. .

References

  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133

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