Favartia taylorae

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

Murexiella taylorae Petuch, 1987

Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae 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, with oval body, elevated spire and long siphonal canal; 7 varices per whorl; varices with 6 large, strongly recurved spines; intervarical areas with 6 large fimbriated cords; siphonal canal with 2 large recurved spines; last spines of siphonal canal greatly recurved, almost touching varical spines; shoulder sharply angled; spire whorls tabulate; shell color rosy-tan with dark rose spots in pits at the base of each varix; siphonal canal pinkish-rose; interior of aperture pinkish-rose." [2]

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 200 metres depth off Cedar Key, Florida, USA." [3]

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida.

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References

  1. 1 2 Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae Petuch, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 27 December 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 26. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 26. Publ: CERF