Timbellus calvus Tate 1888 (murex snail)

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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