Favartia concavoptera
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Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980)
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Favartia concavoptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594888 on 2022-09-29
- Kosuge S. (1980) Descriptions of three new species of the family Muricidae (Gastropoda Muricacea). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(4): 53-56, pls 14-15
- Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
External links
- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) concavopterus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 April 2011.