Typhinellus insolitus
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| Typhinellus insolitus | |
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| Shell of Typhinellus insolitus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Typhinae |
| Genus: | Typhinellus |
| Species: | T. insolitus |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhinellus insolitus (Houart, 1991)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Typhis (Typhinellus) insolitus Houart, 1991 | |
Typhinellus insolitus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2] The species is known only from its holotype collected off New Caledonia.[3]
The shell is medium-sized for the subgenus, reaching a length of 16.9 mm at maturity. The spire is high, consisting of five teleoconch whorls; the protoconch is broken in the holotype. Sutures are impressed. Each whorl bears four varices. On the last teleoconch whorl, the varices are sharp.[1]
Distribution
Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The holotype was collected dead at a depth of approximately 373 m.[1]
Ecology
No information is available on the ecology or life habits of this species. No additional material has been collected since the original description.[3]
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