Typhina coronata

Typhina coronata
Shell of Typhina coronata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Typhina
Species:	T. coronata
Binomial name
Typhina coronata (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
Murex siphoniferus Lesson, 1844 Typhis coronatus Broderip, 1833 Typhis martyria Dall, 1902 Typhis quadratus Hinds, 1843 Typhisopsis coronatus (Broderip, 1833)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains about 21 mm (0.83 in).

Distribution

This marine species was found off Acapulco, Mexico; also off Panama, Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.

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.

External links

• Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). (Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.). Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33
• Lesson R.P. (1844). Description de quatre espèces nouvelles de Murex. L'Echo du Monde Savant. 11(23): 536-539; 11(24): 11(24): 568-570
• Hinds, R. B. (1843). [Descriptions of new species of shells collected by Sir Edward Belcher during the voyage of HMS Sulphur. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 17–19]

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