Biology:Favartia nuceus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Favartia nuceus
Shell of Favartia nuceus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Favartia
Species:	F. nuceus
Binomial name
Favartia nuceus (Mörch, 1850)
Synonyms
Favartia (Favartia) nuceus (Mörch, 1850)· accepted, alternate representation Favartia nucea (Mörch, 1850) ( is a substantive in apposition and does not agree in gender with the genus name) Murex nuceus Mörch, 1850

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Guiana.

References

• Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2017). Muricidae récoltés en Guyane au cours de l'expédition La Planète Revisitée. Xenophora Taxonomy. 15: 29-38

Wikidata ☰ Q5438513 entry