Timbellus richeri

Timbellus richeri
	Shell of Timbellus richeri (paratype aty MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. richeri
Binomial name
	Timbellus richeri; (Houart, 1986)
Synonyms
	Pterynotus richeri Houart, 1987 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell is glossy white, apart from the spine channels which are lightly brown, and it grows to 31 mm high. The main opening from which the snail comes out of is egg-shaped, and it's slightly angular instead of being completely rounded. The spire is moderately high, consisting of 6 whorls. The inner edge of the shell's opening, the columellar lip, stands up rather than lying flatly. Toward the top part of the opening, the lip is fused flat against the previous coil of the shell, and the surface is smooth. There is no apparent anal notch, from which the snail would expel waste. [1]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.

References

^ ^a ^b Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 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
Houart, R. (2012). Timbellus richeri complex (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the southwest Pacific. Novapex. 13 (3-4): 91-101.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.

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