Favartia cecalupoi

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

Favartia cecalupoi
Shell of Favartia cecalupoi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Favartia
Subgenus:
Favartia
Species:
F. cecalupoi
Binomial name
Favartia cecalupoi
Bozzetti, 1993
Synonyms

Favartia (Favartia) cecalupoi Bozzetti, 1993· accepted, alternate representation

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References
  1. Favartia cecalupoi Bozzetti, 1993. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Bozzetti, L., 1993. Description of a new genus Favartia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Indian Ocean. Apex 8(1-2): 31-32


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