# Timbellus phaneus

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***Timbellus phaneus***, common name: the **phaneus murex**, is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Muricidae](/source/Muricidae), the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

## Description

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

## Distribution

This marine species is found in the [Gulf of Mexico](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico) and the [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea); in the Atlantic Ocean from [South Carolina](/source/South_Carolina) to [Brazil](/source/Brazil).

## References

- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. *Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico*, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) *Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae*. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133

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