Favartia bojadorensis

Favartia bojadorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Favartia
Species:	F. bojadorensis
Binomial name
Favartia bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis(Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation Hexaplex bojadorensis(Locard, 1897) Murex asteriaeNicolay, 1972 Murex bojadorensisLocard, 1897 Murexiella asteriaeNicolay, 1972 Murexiella bojadorensis(Locard, 1897)

Favartia bojadorensis, commonly known as the Bojador murex, 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 varies between 30 mm and 100 mm. The species, originally called Murex bojadorensis, was described by Locard in 1897.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Ghana and Angola.

References

1. Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 November 2010.

• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

External links

• "Murexiella (Murexiella) bojadorensis bojadorensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
• MNHN, Paris: holotype
• Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1–515, pl. 1–18