Timbellus phyllopterus
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Timbellus phyllopterus | |
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Shell of Timbellus phyllopterus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Timbellus |
Species: | T. phyllopterus
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Binomial name | |
Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Timbellus phyllopterus, common name : the leafy winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2011) |
Distribution
This marine species is distributed along the Lesser Antilles and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Sourced primarily by divers in Guadeloupe and Martinique, but presumably also to be found at Dominica which lies between those two French islands.
References
- ^ a b Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133
External links
- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phyllopterus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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