Timbellus bednalli
Timbellus bednalli | |
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Lateral view of a shell of Timbellus bednalli | |
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. bednalli |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878) | |
Synonyms | |
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Timbellus bednalli, common name Bednall's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. [1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species is found along North and West Australia.
References
- ↑ Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 March 2011.
- 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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