Favartia massemini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Favartia massemini | |
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| Shell (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. massemini
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| Binomial name | |
| Favartia massemini Merle & Garrigues, 2008
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 18 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off French Guiana and eastern Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b Favartia massemini Merle & Garrigues, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Merle, D. & Garrigues, B., 2008. New muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from French Guiana. Zoosystema 30(2): 517-526
External links
edit- "Favartia (Favartia) massemini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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