Favartia varimutabilis

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

Favartia varimutabilis
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. varimutabilis
Binomial name
Favartia varimutabilis
Houart, 1991
Synonyms
  • Favartia (Favartia) varimutabilis Houart, 1991· accepted, alternate representation (basionym)
  • Favartia martinicaensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2017

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil.

References
  1. Favartia varimutabilis Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44.
  • 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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