Timbellus vespertilio
Timbellus vespertilio | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. vespertilio |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Timbellus vespertilio, 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
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Japan and the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Timbellus vespertilio (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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