Typhina belcheri

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

Typhina belcheri
Shell of Typhina belcheri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Typhina
Species:
T. belcheri
Binomial name
Typhina belcheri
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Typhis) cleryi Petit, 1840
  • Typhis belcheri Broderip, 1833
  • Typhis cleryi (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840)
  • Typhis melloleitaoi Morretes, 1940

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Mauritania and the Western Sahara.

References

  • Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.


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