Jaton flavidus

Jaton flavidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Jaton
Species:	J. flavidus
Binomial name
Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
Murex flavidusJousseaume, 1874 Murex rusticusJousseaume, 1874

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Dakar, Senegal at a depth of ca 10–50 m.

References

1. Jaton flavidus (Jousseaume, 1874) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Dakar, Senegal at a depth of ca 10–50 m.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: holotype
• Jousseaume, F., 1874. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles appartenant aux genres Murex, Cypraea & Natica. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (3)2: 3-25
• Vermeij, G. J.; Houart, R. (1996). The genus Jaton (Muricidae, Ocenebrinae), with the description of a new species from Angola, West Africa. Iberus. 14(1): 83-91.,