Timbellus vespertilio, 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. vespertilio
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| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Japan and the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b Timbellus vespertilio (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
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