Favartia concavoptera

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

Favartia concavoptera
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. concavoptera
Binomial name
Favartia concavoptera
(Kosuge, 1980)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pterynotus concavopterus Kosuge, 1980 (basionym)
  • Timbellus concavopterus (Kosuge, 1980) superseded combination

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594888 on 2022-09-29
  • Kosuge S. (1980) Descriptions of three new species of the family Muricidae (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(4): 53-56, pls 14-15
  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
  • "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) concavopterus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.


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