Timbellus vespertilio

Timbellus vespertilio
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959 (basionym)
  • Pterynotus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)

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

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The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Japan and the Philippines.

References

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  • 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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