Favartia kalafuti

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Favartia kalafuti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. kalafuti
Binomial name
Favartia kalafuti
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms [1]

Murexiella kalafutiPetuch, 1987

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

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Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, fusiform, with elevated spire; 6 varices per whorl; shoulder sharp-angled; body whorl with 5 large cords; cords end in thick, blunt spines at intersections with varix; cords minutely fimbriated; varices heavily fimbriated; shell grayish-white with 2 wide, dark brown bands, one around mid-body and one around siphonal canal; suture marked with row of intermittent dark brown patches; siphonal canal with 2 large cords, producing 2 large spines at intersection with varix; aperture ovate, large in proportion to shell size; dark mid-body band showing through in aperture." [2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Favartia kalafuti (Petuch, 1987) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 14. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 14. Publ: CERF