Timbellus atlantideus

Timbellus atlantideus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[2]

Timbellus atlantideus
Shell of Timbellus atlantideus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. atlantideus
Binomial name
Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Pterynotus atlantideus Bouchet & Warén, 1985 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean along the Azores and in European waters.