Timbellus bednalli, common name Bednall's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.[1]
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| Lateral view of a shell of Timbellus bednalli | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. bednalli
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| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 85 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is found along North and West Australia.
References
edit- ^ Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 March 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
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- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bednalli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
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