Timbellus

Timbellus
Timbellus richeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Timbellus de Gregorio, 1885
Type species
† Murex latifolius Bellardi, 1872
Synonyms
Murex (Timbellus) de Gregorio, 1885 (original rank as subgenus)

Timbellus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Timbellus include:

Species brought into synonymy

• Timbellus concavopterus (Kosuge, 1980): synonym of Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980) (superseded combination)
• Timbellus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979): synonym of Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979)

References

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• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 128

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