Favartia

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Favartia
Favartia guamensis 001.jpg
shell of Favartia guamensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Jousseaume, 1880 [1]
Type species
Murex breviculusG. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Aspella (Caribiella) Perrilliat, 1972
  • Aspella (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Caribiella) Perilliat, 1972
  • Favartia (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • MinnimurexWoolacott, 1957
  • Murex (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • MurexiellaClench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Ocenebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Ocinebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880

Favartia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [2] It is known for its crystalline shell.[ citation needed ]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Favartia:

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References

  1. Jousseaume F. P. (1880). Le Naturaliste1(42): 335.
  2. 1 2 Favartia Jousseaume, 1880 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 November 2010.