Favartia perita

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

Favartia (Favartia) perita
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. perita
Binomial name
Favartia (Favartia) perita
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex peritus Hinds, 1844
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) perita (Hinds, R.B., 1844)

Description

The size of the shell is 21 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos islands.

References
  1. Favartia (Favartia) perita (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) perita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.


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