Festilyria africana

Festilyria africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Volutinae
Genus: Callipara
Subgenus: Festilyria
Species: F. africana
Binomial name
Festilyria africana
(Reeve, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callipara (Callipara) africana (Reeve, 1856)
  • Voluta africana Reeve, 1856
  • Voluta africana f. beckeri Turton, 1932
  • Voluta africana f. ponderosa Turton, 1932
  • Voluta africana f. rietensis Turton, 1932

Festilyria africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa.

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