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]
Timbellus radwini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. radwini
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Binomial name | |
Timbellus radwini (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pterynotus radwini Harasewych & Jensen, 1979 (basionym) |
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species can be found in the Caribbean Sea along Belize and Honduras. .
References
edit- ^ a b Timbellus radwini (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 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