Favartia richardbinghami

Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Favartia
Subgenus:
Pygmaepterys
Species:
F. richardbinghami
Binomial name
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Muricopsis richardbinghami Petuch, 1987
  • Pygmaepterys richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987)

Description

The shell size is 17 mm

Distribution

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

References
  1. Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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