Timbellus havanensis

Timbellus havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. havanensis
Binomial name
	Timbellus havanensis; (Vokes, 1970à
Synonyms
	Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall, 1889; Murex pygmaeus Bush, K.J., 1893; Pteropurpura tristica Dall, W.H., 1927; Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae Vokes, E.H., 1970; Pterynotus havanensis Vokes, 1970 (basionym);

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 35 mm.

This species can be found in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Brazil.

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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