Favartia alveata

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

Favartia alveata
Shell of Favartia alveata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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F. alveata
Binomial name
Favartia alveata
(Kiener, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspella elegans sensu Perrilliat Montoya Vokes, 1971
  • Murex alveatus Kiener, 1842
  • Murex intermedius C. B. Adams, 1850

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.

References

  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.


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