''Timbellus emilyae'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

in the

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Muricidae Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...

, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Timbellus emilyae (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=894280 on 2022-02-27

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

* Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2016). Nuevas especies cubanas de la familia Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda), con aclaraciones sobre otros taxones ya citados para Cuba. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 28: 171-194

External links

Espinosa, J.; Ortea, J.; Fernandez-Garcés, R.; Moro, L. (2007). Adiciones a la fauna de moluscos marinos de la peninsula de Guanahacabibes (I), con la descripcion de nuevas especies. Avicennia. 19, 63-88
Muricidae Gastropods described in 2007 {{Muricidae-stub