Timbellus guesti

Timbellus guesti
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. guesti
Binomial name
Timbellus guesti
(Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus guesti Harasewych & Jensen, 1979 (basionym)

Timbellus guesti, common name : the Guest's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida Keys.

References


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