Timbellus leucas

Timbellus leucas is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Timbellus leucas
Shell of Timbellus leucas (oaralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Timbellus
Species:
T. leucas
Binomial name
Timbellus leucas
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex leucas Fischer in Locard, 1897
  • Pterynotus leucas (Locard, 1897)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 47 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in European waters (along Madeira) and in the Atlantic Ocean along Southern Morocco and Senegal

References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 133


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