Timbellus Explained

Timbellus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Timbellus include:

• † Timbellus arenarius (Steuer, 1912)
• Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)
• † Timbellus barattus (De Gregorio, 1895)
• Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
• Timbellus bilobatus Houart, 2012
• † Timbellus brevicauda (Hébert, 1849)
• †Timbellus calvus (Tate, 1888)
• † Timbellus capitaneus Pacaud, Goret & Ledon, 2017
• Timbellus corbariae Houart, 2015
• Timbellus crauroptera (Houart, 1991)
• † Timbellus crenulatus (Röding, 1798)
• † Timbellus danapris Pacaud, 2018
• † Timbellus detritus (Koenen, 1890)
• Timbellus emilyae (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)
• Timbellus fernandezi (Houart, 2000)
• Timbellus flemingi (Beu, 1967)
• Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988)
• Timbellus goniodes Houart & Héros, 2015
• Timbellus guesti (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
• Timbellus havanensis (Vokes, 1970)
• † Timbellus kaiparaensis (C. A. Fleming, 1962)
• †Timbellus laetificus (Finlay, 1930)
• † Timbellus latifolius (Bellardi, 1872)
• Timbellus leucas (Locard, 1897)
• Timbellus levii (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 (Dall, 1889)
• Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Timbellus priabonicus Pacaud, 2018
• Timbellus radwini (Harasewych & Jensen, 1979)
• Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1987)
• Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
• Timbellus stenostoma (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• Timbellus concavopterus (Kosuge, 1980): synonym of Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980) (superseded combination)
• Timbellus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979): synonym of Chicoreus miyokoae (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