Biology:Timbellus leucas

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Timbellus leucas
Timbellus leucas (MNHN-IM-2000-1609).jpeg
Shell of Timbellus leucas (oaralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
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)

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Timbellus leucas ( Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 April 2011.
  • 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7804616 entry