Favartia glypta
| Favartia (Favartia) glypta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Subgenus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. glypta |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia (Favartia) glypta (M. Smith, 1938) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Favartia) glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 29 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Favartia (Favartia) glypta (M. Smith, 1938). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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