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Timbellus phaneus, common name: the phaneus murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Timbellus phaneus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. phaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The size of an adult shell varies between 7 mm and 35 mm.
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This marine species is found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean from South Carolina to Brazil.
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