Favartia macgintyi

Favartia macgintyi
Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi
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. macgintyi
Binomial name
Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi
(M. Smith, 1938)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex macgintyi M. Smith, 1938
  • Murexiella leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
  • Murexiella macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938)

Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi, common name : McGinty'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 25 mm and 44 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas to Northeastern Brazil.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408007 on 26 December 2010.

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