Favartia vittata
| Favartia (Favartia) vittata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Subgenus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. vittata |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Favartia) vittata 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 15 mm and 35 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of California, (W Mexico) and in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Galápagos
References
- 1 2 Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
External links
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