Favartia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2] It is known for its crystalline shell.[citation needed]

Favartia
shell of Favartia guamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Jousseaume, 1880[1]
Type species
Murex breviculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Synonyms[2]
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  • Aspella (Caribiella) Perrilliat, 1972
  • Aspella (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Caribiella) Perilliat, 1972
  • Favartia (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Minnimurex Woolacott, 1957
  • Murex (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Ocenebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Ocinebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Favartia:

References

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  1. ^ Jousseaume F. P. (1880). Le Naturaliste 1(42): 335.
  2. ^ a b Favartia Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.