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]
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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
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References
- 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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