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Favartia iredalei

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Favartia iredalei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. iredalei
Binomial name
Favartia iredalei
Ponder, 1972
Synonyms[1]

Favartia (Murexiella) iredalei Ponder, 1972
Murexiella iredalei (Ponder, 1972)

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Holotype site: Lord Howe Island[1]

Favartia iredalei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails, first described by Winston Ponder in 1972.[1][2][3] The species epithet, iredalei, honours Tom Iredale.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Favartia (Murexiella) iredalei". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ Favartia iredalei Ponder, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ a b W. F. Ponder (24 March 1972). "Notes on some Australian Genera and Species of the Family Muricidae (Neogastropoda)". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2 (3): 215–248. doi:10.1080/00852988.1972.10673856. ISSN 0085-2988. Wikidata Q99973002.