Favartia conleyi

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

Favartia conleyi
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. conleyi
Binomial name
Favartia conleyi
Houart, 1999
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Favartia) conleyi Houart, 1999· accepted, alternate representation
  • Favartia (Murexiella) lillouxi Myers & Hertz, 1999

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Guam.

References
  1. Favartia conleyi Houart, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Houart, R., 1999. - Description of a new species of Favartia from Guam, Mariana Archipelago (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Venus 58(1): 13-17


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