Timbellus phyllopterus
| Timbellus phyllopterus | |
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| Shell of Timbellus phyllopterus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Timbellus |
| Species: | T. phyllopterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822) | |
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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
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The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm. The color of the shell can range from a tan to ivory white color.[2]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
- ↑ "Two New Muricid Gastropods from the Tropical Americas" (PDF).
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- 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
[edit]- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phyllopterus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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