Typhina nitens
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| Shell of Typhina nitens (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Typhinae |
| Genus: | Typhina |
| Species: | T. nitens
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhina nitens (Hinds, 1843)
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Typhina nitens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 12 mm (0.47 in).
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Makassar Strait.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Typhina nitens (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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
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