Favartia (Favartia) vittata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. vittata
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| Favartia vittata (Broderip, 1833)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Gulf of California, (W Mexico) and in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Galápagos.
References
edit- ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 December 2010.
External links
edit- "Murexiella (Murexiella) vittata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
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