Timbellus fulgens
Species of gastropod
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Timbellus fulgens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Timbellus fulgens | |
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| Shell of Timbellus fulgens (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. fulgens |
| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 (basionym) | |
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.
