Timbellus leucas

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Timbellus leucas
Scientific classification
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Superfamily:
Muricoidea
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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. ^ a b 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


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