Favartia massemini

Favartia massemini
Shell (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. massemini
Binomial name
Favartia massemini
Merle & Garrigues, 2008
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Favaertia) massemini Merle & Garrigues, 2008

Favartia massemini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coast of French Guiana and eastern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia massemini Merle & Garrigues, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Merle, D. & Garrigues, B., 2008. New muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana. Zoosystema 30(2): 517-526
  • "Favartia (Favartia) massemini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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