Favartia taylorae

Favartia taylorae
Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae
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. taylorae
Binomial name
Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]

Murexiella taylorae Petuch, 1987

Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae 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 grows to a length of 16 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae Petuch, 1987.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408011 on 27 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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