Favartia glypta

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

Favartia glypta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. glypta
Binomial name
Favartia glypta
(M. Smith, 1938)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex glyptus M. Smith, 1938
  • Murexiella glypta (M. Smith, 1938)
  • Murexiella iemanja Petuch, 1979

Description

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The shell size varies between 12 mm and 29 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.

References

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  • 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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  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) glypta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.