Timbellus fulgens

Timbellus fulgens
Shell of Timbellus fulgens (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
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

1. Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2011.

• Houart, R. (1988). Description of seven new species of Muricidae (Neagastropoda) from the south-western Pacific Ocean. Venus. 47(3): 185-196.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133

External links

• "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) fulgens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.