- Favartia glypta
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Favartia (Favartia) glypta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Muricoidea Family: Muricidae Subfamily: Muricopsinae Genus: Favartia Subgenus: Favartia Species: F. glypta Binomial name Favartia (Favartia) glypta
(M. Smith, 1938)Synonyms[1] - Murex glyptus M. Smith, 1938
- Murexiella glypta (M. Smith, 1938)
- Murexiella iemanja Petuch, 1979
Favartia (Favartia) glypta 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 shell size varies between 12 mm and 29 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.
References
- ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) glypta (M. Smith, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407959 on 26 December 2010.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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