Timbellus phyllopterus

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
Shell of Timbellus phyllopterus
Scientific classification
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]
Murex phyllopterus Lamarck, 1822 Murex rubridentatus Reeve, 1846 Pterynotus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

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.