Favartia glypta

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

Favartia (Favartia) glypta
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. glypta
Binomial name
Favartia (Favartia) glypta
(M. Smith, 1938)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex glyptus M. Smith, 1938
  • Murexiella glypta (M. Smith, 1938)
  • Murexiella iemanja Petuch, 1979

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 29 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.

References
  1. Favartia (Favartia) glypta (M. Smith, 1938). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) glypta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.


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