Timbellus bednalli

Timbellus bednalli
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
  • Murex bednalli Brazier, 1878(basionym)
  • Murex trigonularis Lamarck , 1822
  • Pterynotus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)

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

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