Biology:Favartia alveata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Favartia alveata
Shell of Favartia alveata (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. alveata
Binomial name
Favartia alveata (Kiener, 1842)
Synonyms
Aspella elegans sensu Perrilliat Montoya Vokes, 1971 Murex alveatus Kiener, 1842 Murex intermedius C. B. Adams, 1850

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.

References

• Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44.
• Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.

External links

• Kiener, L. C. (1841-1843). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 7. Famille des Canalifères. Troisième partie. Genres Rocher (Murex) Linné, pp. 1-130 + unpaginated erratum, pl. 1-47 [pp. 1-16 (1842), 17-130 (1843); pl. 1-47 (1842); Triton (Triton) Lamarck, pp. 1-48, pl. 1-18 [all (1842)]; Ranelle (Ranella) Lamarck, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-15 [pp. 1-40 (1842), pl. 1-15 (1841)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123

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