Biology:Favartia varimutabilis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Favartia varimutabilis
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. varimutabilis
Binomial name
Favartia varimutabilis Houart, 1991
Synonyms
Favartia (Favartia) varimutabilis Houart, 1991· accepted, alternate representation (basionym) Favartia martinicaensis Espinosa & Ortea, 2017

Favartia varimutabilis 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 Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil .

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

• Houart R. (1991). The southeastern Brazilian Muricidae collected by RV Marion-Dufresne in 1987, with the description of three new species. The Nautilus. 105(1): 26-37

Wikidata ☰ Q5438540 entry