Timbellus havanensis

Timbellus havanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Timbellus havanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. havanensis
Binomial name
Timbellus havanensis (Vokes, 1970à
Synonyms[1]
Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall, 1889 Murex pygmaeus Bush, K.J., 1893 Pteropurpura tristica Dall, W.H., 1927 Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae Vokes, E.H., 1970 Pterynotus havanensis Vokes, 1970 (basionym)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Brazil.