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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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 |
Binomial name | |
Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
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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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