Timbellus atlantideus | |
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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. atlantideus |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985) [1] |
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Synonyms[2] | |
Pterynotus atlantideus Bouchet & Warén, 1985 (basionym) |
Timbellus atlantideus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores and in European waters.