Favartia levicula

Favartia (Favartia) levicula
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. levicula
Binomial name
Favartia (Favartia) levicula
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murexiella levicula (Dall, 1889)
  • Ocinebra Favartia levicula Dall, 1889

Favartia (Favartia) levicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Florida.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) levicula (Dall, 1889).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407966 on 26 December 2010.

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