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]

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.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Murexiella (Murexiella) perita; accessed : 21 December 2010

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