Timbellus atlantideus

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

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)

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.

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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. 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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