Timbellus vespertilio

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

Timbellus vespertilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Timbellus
Species:	T. vespertilio
Binomial name
Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)
Synonyms[1]
Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959 (basionym) Pterynotus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 17 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the Pacific Ocean along Southeast Japan and the Philippines.