Favartia vittata

Favartia (Favartia) vittata
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. vittata
Binomial name
Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
Murex lepidus Reeve, 1845 Murex vittata Broderip, 1833 Murex vittatus Broderip, 1833 Murexiella (Murexiella) vittata (Broderip, W.J., 1833)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 35 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Sea of Cortez, (W Mexico) and in the Pacific Ocean along Peru and Galápagos

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407995 on 22 December 2010.

External links

• Gastropods.com : Murexiella (Murexiella) vittata; accessed : 22 December 2010

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