''Timbellus'' is a

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Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus ''Timbellus'' include: * † '' Timbellus arenarius'' (Steuer, 1912) * ''

Timbellus atlantideus ''Timbellus atlantideus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm. Distribution This spec ...

'' (Bouchet & Warén, 1985) *† '' Timbellus barattus'' (De Gregorio, 1895) * ''

Timbellus bednalli ''Timbellus bednalli'', common name Bednall's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 32 mm and 85 ...

'' (Brazier, 1878) * '' Timbellus bilobatus'' Houart, 2012 * † '' Timbellus brevicauda'' (Hébert, 1849) * †'' Timbellus calvus'' (Tate, 1888) * † '' Timbellus capitaneus'' Pacaud, Goret & Ledon, 2017 * ''

Timbellus corbariae ''Timbellus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Timbellus'' include: * † ''Timbellus arenarius' ...

'' Houart, 2015 * ''

Timbellus crauroptera ''Timbellus crauroptera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The shell grows to a length of 11.4-15 mm at maturity, and has a high spire with 1.5 rounded ...

'' (Houart, 1991) * † '' Timbellus crenulatus'' (Röding, 1798) * † '' Timbellus danapris'' Pacaud, 2018 * † '' Timbellus detritus'' (Koenen, 1890) * ''

Timbellus emilyae ''Timbellus emilyae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Timbellus emilyae (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007). Accesse ...

'' (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007) * '' Timbellus fernandezi'' (Houart, 2000) * '' Timbellus flemingi'' (Beu, 1967) * '' Timbellus fulgens'' (Houart, 1988) * '' Timbellus goniodes'' Houart & Héros, 2015 * ''

Timbellus guesti ''Timbellus guesti'', common name : the Guest's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 23 mm and 29 ...

'' (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979) * '' Timbellus havanensis'' (Vokes, 1970) * † '' Timbellus kaiparaensis'' (C. A. Fleming, 1962) * †''

Timbellus laetificus ''Timbellus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails ...

'' (Finlay, 1930) * † ''

Timbellus latifolius ''Timbellus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails ...

'' (Bellardi, 1872) * '' Timbellus leucas'' (Locard, 1897) * ''

Timbellus levii ''Timbellus levii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The shell grows to a length of 20 mm. Distribution This species is found in the Pacific Oce ...

'' (Houart, 1988) * '' Timbellus lightbourni'' (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979) * '' Timbellus marshalli'' (Houart, 1989) * † '' Timbellus micropterus'' (Deshayes, 1835) * † '' Timbellus moguntiacus'' (R. Janssen, 1979) * '' Timbellus pannuceus'' Houart & Héros, 2015 * † '' Timbellus perlongus'' (Bellardi, 1873) * ''

Timbellus phaneus ''Timbellus phaneus'', common name: the phaneus murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 35 m ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Timbellus phyllopterus ''Timbellus phyllopterus'', common name : the leafy winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Timbellus priabonicus'' Pacaud, 2018 * '' Timbellus radwini'' (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979) * '' Timbellus richeri'' (Houart, 1987) * '' Timbellus rubidus'' (Houart, 2001) * ''

Timbellus stenostoma ''Timbellus stenostoma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The length of the shell attains 13.9 mm. Distribution This marine species is found off New C ...

'' (Houart, 1991) * '' Timbellus sublimis'' Houart, 2012 * † '' Timbellus swainsoni'' (Michelotti, 1841) * † '' Timbellus tripteroides'' (Lamarck, 1822) * '' Timbellus vespertilio'' (Kuroda in Kira, 1959) * † '' Timbellus waiareka'' (Beu, 1970) * '' Timbellus xenos'' (Harasewych, 1982) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Timbellus concavopterus'' (Kosuge, 1980): synonym of ''

Favartia concavoptera ''Favartia concavoptera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980). Accessed through: World Regi ...

'' (Kosuge, 1980) (superseded combination) * ''Timbellus miyokoae'' (Kosuge, 1979): synonym of ''

Chicoreus miyokoae ''Chicoreus miyokoae'', common name : the ''Miyoko Murex'', is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.Bouchet, P. (2015). Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979). In: MolluscaBase ...

'' (Kosuge, 1979)

References

* Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) ''Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 128 Muricinae {{Muricinae-stub