Timbellus guesti

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]

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)

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
  1. Timbellus guesti (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133


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