Timbellus

Timbellus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Timbellus
Timbellus richeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Timbellus
de Gregorio, 1885
Type species
Murex latifolius Bellardi, 1872
Synonyms[1]

Murex (Timbellus) de Gregorio, 1885 (original rank as subgenus)

Species

Species within the genus Timbellus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Timbellus de Gregorio, 1885. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 October 2012.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 128


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