Timbellus xenos
| Timbellus xenos | |
|---|---|
| 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. 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
The shell grows to a length of 6.3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico
References
- 1 2 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
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