Favartia maculata

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

Favartia maculata
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. maculata
Binomial name
Favartia maculata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
Murex (Ocinebra) salmonea Melvill & Standen, 1899
Murex maculatus Reeve, 1845b
Murex marjoriae Melvill & Standen, 1903

Description

References
  1. Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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