Timbellus rubidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Timbellus rubidus (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. rubidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 (basionym) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 13.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is found off New Caledonia.
References edit
- ^ a b Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Houart, R. (2001). Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. in: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ser. A, Zoologie. 185: 243–269
- 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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