Timbellus phaneus

Timbellus phaneus, common name: the phaneus murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Timbellus phaneus
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. phaneus
Binomial name
Timbellus phaneus
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Pteronotus) phaneus Dall, 1889
  • Murex (Pteronotus) pygmaeus Bush, 1893
  • Murex pygmaeus Bush, K.J., 1893
  • Murex tristichus Dall, W.H., 1889
  • Pterynotus bushae Vokes, 1970
  • Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae Vokes, E.H., 1970
  • Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis Vokes, E.H., 1970
  • Pterynotus phaneus (Dall, 1889)
  • Pteropurpura tristica Dall, W.H., 1927

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Brazil.

References
  1. Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133
  • "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011.


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