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

Timbellus rubidus
Shell of Timbellus rubidus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Timbellus
Species:
T. rubidus
Binomial name
Timbellus rubidus
(Houart, 2001)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 (basionym)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13.2 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is found off New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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