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(Redirected from Murexiella) Genus of gastropods

Favartia
shell of Favartia guamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex breviculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Synonyms
List
  • Aspella (Caribiella) Perrilliat, 1972
  • Aspella (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Caribiella) Perilliat, 1972
  • Favartia (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Minnimurex Woolacott, 1957
  • Murex (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Ocenebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Ocinebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880

Favartia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is known for its crystalline shell.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Favartia:

References

  1. Jousseaume F. P. (1880). Le Naturaliste 1(42): 335.
  2. ^ Favartia Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Favartia
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