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Typhina nitens
Shell of Typhina nitens (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Typhinae
Genus:	Typhina
Species:	T. nitens
Binomial name
Typhina nitens (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Talityphis bengalensis Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Typhis (Talityphis) bengalensis (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) · unaccepted Typhis bengalensis (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) · Typhis nitens Hinds, 1843

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm (0.47 in).

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Makassar Strait.

References

1. ^ 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

• 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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