Timbellus lightbourni

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

Pterynotus lightbourni Harasewych & Jensen, 1979 (basionym)

Timbellus lightbourni 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 25mm and 39mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along the Bermudas.

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