Favartia massemeni
| Favartia massemeni | |
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| Shell of Favartia massemini (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
| 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. massemeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia massemeni Merle & Garrigues, 2008 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Favaertia) massemini Merle & Garrigues, 2008 | |
Favartia massemeni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off French Guiana and Eastern Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Favartia massemeni Merle & Garrigues, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Merle, D. & Garrigues, B., 2008. New muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana. Zoosystema 30(2): 517-526
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