Timbellus rubidus
Timbellus rubidus | |
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Shell of Timbellus rubidus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. rubidus |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 (basionym) |
Timbellus rubidus 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 13.2 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is found off New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133