Timbellus guesti

Timbellus guesti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. guesti
Binomial name
	Timbellus guesti; (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
Synonyms
	Pterynotus guesti Harasewych & Jensen, 1979 (basionym)

Timbellus guesti, common name : the Guest's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 29 mm.

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along the Florida Keys.

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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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