Favartia hidalgoi
Appearance
Favartia hidalgoi | |
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Shell of Favartia hidalgoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Favartia |
Species: | F. hidalgoi
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Binomial name | |
Favartia hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia 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]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 22 mm and 38 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil, including the Antilles and Barbados.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
- Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34–52
External links
[edit]- "Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- Crosse, H. (1869). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 408-410