Timbellus rubidus

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

Timbellus rubidus
Shell of Timbellus rubidus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. rubidus
Binomial name
Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off New Caledonia.