Biology:Favartia hidalgoi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Favartia hidalgoi
Favartia hidalgoi (MNHN-IM-2013-61250).jpeg
Shell of Favartia hidalgoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Favartia hidalgoi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex hidalgoi Crosse, 1869
  • Murexiella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)

Favartia hidalgoi, common namer : the Hidalgo's 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 22 mm and 38 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil , including the Antilles and Barbados.

References

  • Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34–52

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3173281 entry