Timbellus vespertilio
| Timbellus vespertillo | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. vespertillo |
| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus vespertillo (Kuroda in Kira, 1959) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Timbellus vespertillo, common name : the Butterfly Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Japan and the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 Timbellus vespertillo (Kuroda in Kira, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133
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