Trubatsa tityrus

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  • Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) tityrus (Bayer, 1971)
  • Siphonochelus (Trubatsa) tityrus (Bayer, 1971)
  • Siphonochelus tityrus (Bayer, 1971)
  • Typhis (Siphonochelus) tityrus Bayer, 1971

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Trubatsa tityrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trubatsa tityrus (Bayer, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520655 on 2022-06-11

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

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Distribution

This species is found in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela, Panama and Trinidad.

References

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  • 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.
  • Garrigues, B. (2021). Description of four new Typhinae species (Mollusca: Muricidae) and comments on the status of the genus Talityphis Jousseaume, 1882 and Trubatsa Dall, 1889. Xenophora Taxonomy. 33: 3-20.