Timbellus phyllopterus

Timbellus phyllopterus
Shell of Timbellus phyllopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Timbellus
Species:
T. phyllopterus
Binomial name
Timbellus phyllopterus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Murex phyllopterus Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex rubridentatus Reeve, 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.

Description

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.

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

  1. 1 2 Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Two New Muricid Gastropods from the Tropical Americas" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)