Favartia macgintyi
Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
Genus: | Favartia |
Subgenus: | Murexiella |
Species: | F. macgintyi |
Binomial name | |
Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi, common name : McGinty's Murex, 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 25 mm and 44 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas to Northeastern Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
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