Timbellus atlantideus

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Timbellus atlantideus
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. atlantideus
Binomial name
Timbellus atlantideus
(Bouchet & Warén, 1985)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Pterynotus atlantideus Bouchet & Warén, 1985 (basionym)

Timbellus atlantideus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores and in European waters.

References[]

  1. ^ Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121–296. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2011.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • 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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