Timbellus xenos

Timbellus xenos
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. xenos
Binomial name
Timbellus xenos
(Harasewych, 1982)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus xenos Harasewych, 1982 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico

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