Favartia richardbinghami

Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Subgenus: Pygmaepterys
Species: F. richardbinghami
Binomial name
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muricopsis richardbinghami Petuch, 1987
  • Pygmaepterys richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987)

Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami 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 is 17 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Eastern Florida

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