Favartia paulmieri

Favartia paulmieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Favartia paulmieri
Shell of Favartia paulmieri (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. paulmieri
Binomial name
Favartia paulmieri
Houart, 2002[1]
Synonyms

Favartia (Favartia) paulmieri Houart, 2002· accepted, alternate representation (basionym)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Martinique.

References
  1. Houart. 2002. Novapex 3 (4): 139–140. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Favartia paulmieri Houart, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Houart, R., 2002. Description of a new muricopsine species (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Martinique, Lesser Antilles. Novapex 3(4): 139-140
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59
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