Biology:Favartia bojadorensis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Favartia bojadorensis
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F. bojadorensis
Binomial name
Favartia bojadorensis
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)
  • Murex asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murex bojadorensis Locard, 1897
  • Murexiella asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murexiella bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 100 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Ghana and Angola

References

  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5438446 entry