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Timbellus stenostoma
Shell of Timbellus stenostoma (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. stenostoma
Binomial name
Timbellus stenostoma (Houart, 1991)
Synonyms
Pterynotus stenostoma Houart, 1991 (basionym)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.9 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is found off New Caledonia.

References

1. ^ Timbellus stenostoma (Houart, 1991). 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

External links

• Houart, R. (1991). Description of thirteen new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from Australia and the New Caledonian region, with range extensions to South Africa. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 12: 35-55

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