Timbellus vespertilio

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

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]

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[]

^ ^a ^b 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

External links[]

Gastropods.com : Pterynotus (Pterynotus) vespertilio; accessed : 13 April 2011

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[WoRMS-1] Timbellus vespertillo (Kuroda in Kira, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.

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