Timbellus vespertilio

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]

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]
  • Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertillo Kuroda in Kira, 1959 (basionym)
  • Pterynotus vespertillo (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)

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. 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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