Timbellus bednalli
Appearance
Timbellus bednalli | |
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Lateral view of a shell of Timbellus bednalli | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. bednalli
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Binomial name | |
Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
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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
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species is found along North and West Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Timbellus bednalli.
- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bednalli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.