Timbellus phyllopterus

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Timbellus phyllopterus
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Shell of Timbellus phyllopterus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Timbellus
Species:
T. phyllopterus
Binomial name
Timbellus phyllopterus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex phyllopterusLamarck, 1822
  • Murex rubridentatusReeve, 1846
  • Pterynotus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)

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]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

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.

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