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

Typhinellus labiatus
Shell of Typhinellus labiatus (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Typhinae
Genus: Typhinellus
Species:
T. labiatus
Binomial name
Typhinellus labiatus
(de Cristofori & Jan 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex fistulatus Risso, 1826
  • Murex labiatus Cristofori & Jan 1832µ
  • Murex syphonellus Bonelli in Bellardi & Michelloti, 1841
  • Murex tetrapterus Bronn, 1838
  • Typhinellus sowerbyi (Broderip, 1833)
  • Typhis (Siphonochelus) recens Nordsieck, 1972
  • Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus Bronn, 1838
  • Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus var. protetrapterus Sacco, 1890
  • Typhis sowerbyi Broderip, 1833
  • Typhis sowerbyi elongatus Settepassi, 1977
  • Typhis sowerbyi var. fulva Pallary, 1906
  • Typhis sowerbyi var. minor Pallary, 1906

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  • Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 102 (4-6): 227-245
  • Ceulemans, L.; van Dingenen, F.; Merle, D.; Landau, B. M. (2016). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 3. – Muricidae. Vita Malacologica. 15: 35-55.
  • Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3-44.
  • 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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