Timbellus fulgens

Timbellus fulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Timbellus fulgens
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. fulgens
Binomial name
Timbellus fulgens
(Houart, 1988)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 (basionym)

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.

References
  1. Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 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
  • "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) fulgens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.


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