Favartia hidalgoi

Favartia hidalgoi
Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Subgenus: Murexiella
Species: F. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex hidalgoi Crosse, 1869
  • Murexiella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)

Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi , common namer : the Hidalgo's Murex, 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 22 mm and 38 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408002 on 26 December 2010.

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