Favartia bojadorensis

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

Favartia bojadorensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Favartia
Subgenus:
Murexiella
Species:
F. bojadorensis
Binomial name
Favartia bojadorensis
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)
  • Murex asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murex bojadorensis Locard, 1897
  • Murexiella asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murexiella bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 100 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Ghana and Angola

References
  1. Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) bojadorensis bojadorensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1–515, pl. 1–18


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