Favartia minirosea

Favartia minirosea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Favartia minirosea
Shell of Favartia minirosea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Favartia
Subgenus:
Favartia
Species:
F. minirosea
Binomial name
Favartia minirosea
(Abbott, 1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Favartia) minirosea (Abbott, 1954)ยท accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex coccineus A. Adams, 1854
  • Ocenebra (Ocinebrina) minirosea Abbott, 1954

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica and Guadeloupe.

References
  1. Favartia minirosea (Abbott, 1954). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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