Favartia perita

Favartia perita
Favartia (Favartia) perita
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. perita
Binomial name
Favartia (Favartia) perita
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex peritus Hinds, 1844
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) perita (Hinds, R.B., 1844)

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

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Description

The size of the shell is 21 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) perita (Hinds, 1844).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407984 on 21 December 2010.

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