Timbellus fulgens

Timbellus fulgens
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. fulgens
Binomial name
Timbellus fulgens
(Houart, 1988)
Synonyms[1]

Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.

References

  • 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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