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 |
Binomial name | |
Favartia hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869) | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
Description
The shell size varies between 22 mm and 38 mm
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
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
- ^ 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
- "Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- Crosse, H. (1869). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 408-410
Taxon identifiers | |
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Favartia hidalgoi | |
Murex hidalgoi |
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