| Timbellus rubidus | |
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| Shell of Timbellus rubidus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. rubidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 (basionym) | |
Timbellus rubidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.1
Description
The length of the shell attains 13.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found off New Caledonia.
References
References
- Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133