†Timbellus calvus Tate 1888 (murex snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combination: Murex calvus
Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171
Belongs to Timbellus according to T. A. Darragh 2017
See also Tate 1888
Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Calcitrapessa), Pterynotus (Centrifuga), Pterynotus (Pterynotus), Pterynotus swainsoni, Pterynotus velificus, Pterynotus washingtonicus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walpole, north (Eocene of Australia)
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