Favartia brevicula

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Favartia brevicula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. brevicula
Binomial name
Favartia brevicula
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) [1] [2] : 63, fig. 37 
Synonyms [1]
  • Favartia (Favartia) brevicula(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) · unaccepted
  • Favartia robertsoniD'Attilio & B. W. Myers, 1986 · unaccepted (synonym) [3] : 80, figs 9-12, 14–16 
  • Murex breviculusG. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)


Favartia brevicula shell. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.129964 - Favartia brevicula (Sowerby, 1834) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Favartia brevicula shell.

Favartia brevicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1] The shell used to belong to the subfamily Muricopsinae, [1] [4] : 294, pl. 63 figs 1-13  but now belongs to the subfamily Aspellinae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species distributed in the West Pacific Ocean [3] as well as the Indian Ocean. [5] It was seen in Taiwan, [6] Indonesia [6] [7] , the Philippines, [3] Solomon Islands, [3] and southern Africa. [1] [5] : 92  They habitate on shallow seabed. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bouchet P (23 March 2013). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Favartia brevicula (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Sowerby, G. B. II (1834–1841). "Murex". The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. Vol. Parts 58–67, 187–199. London. pp. [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834], 187–199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)].
  3. 1 2 3 4 D'Attilio, A.; Myers, B. W. (1986). "Favartia brevicula (Sowerby, 1834) and two new species of Favartia from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae)". The Nautilus . 100 (2): 78–84, figs. 1-20. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.26494.
  4. ↑ Merle, D.; Garrigues, B.; Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Vol. Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim（Belgium）: ConchBooks. pp. 528 pp.
  5. 1 2 Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  6. 1 2 3 "International shell Base: Favartia brevicula" (in English and Chinese). The Taiwan Malacofauna Database. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Bunjamin Dharma (1988). Siput Dan Kerang Indonesia (Indonesian shells) (in Indonesian). pp. 111 pp.


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