Favartia burnayi

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

Favartia burnayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Favartia
Species:
F. burnayi
Binomial name
Favartia burnayi
Houart, 1981
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Favartia) burnayi Houart, 1981· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex solidus A. Adams, 1853

Description

Distribution

They are found in the waters of the Cape Verde Islands.[1]

References
Notes
  1. Favartia burnayi Houart, 1981. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 December 2018.
Bibliography
  • Houart R. (1981) Favartia (Favartia) burnayi, espèce nouvelle de la sous-famille des Muricopsinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie, ser. 9, 3: 79–82
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