Favartia nuceus

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

Favartia nuceus
Shell of Favartia nuceus (specimen 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. nuceus
Binomial name
Favartia nuceus
(Mörch, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Favartia) nuceus (Mörch, 1850)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Favartia nucea (Mörch, 1850) ( is a substantive in apposition and does not agree in gender with the genus name)
  • Murex nuceus Mörch, 1850

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guiana.

References
  1. Favartia nucea (Mörch, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2017). Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l'expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy. 15: 29-38


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