Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Favartia taylorae | |
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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. taylorae
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| Binomial name | |
| Favartia taylorae Petuch, 1987
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Murexiella taylorae Petuch, 1987 | |
Description
editOriginal description: "Shell small for genus, with oval body, elevated spire and long siphonal canal; 7 varices per whorl; varices with 6 large, strongly recurved spines; intervarical areas with 6 large fimbriated cords; siphonal canal with 2 large recurved spines; last spines of siphonal canal greatly recurved, almost touching varical spines; shoulder sharply angled; spire whorls tabulate; shell color rosy-tan with dark rose spots in pits at the base of each varix; siphonal canal pinkish-rose; interior of aperture pinkish-rose."[2]
The shell grows to a length of 16 mm
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "(Trawled from) 200 metres depth
off Cedar Key, Florida, USA."[3]
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida.
References
edit- ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 December 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 26. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 26. Publ: CERF
- 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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