Favartia levicula
| Favartia (Favartia) levicula | |
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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. levicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia (Favartia) levicula (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Favartia) levicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 18 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Florida.
References
- 1 2 Favartia (Favartia) levicula (Dall, 1889). 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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