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Favartia cecalupoi

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Favartia cecalupoi
Shell of Favartia cecalupoi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. cecalupoi
Binomial name
Favartia cecalupoi
Bozzetti, 1993
Synonyms

Favartia (Favartia) cecalupoi Bozzetti, 1993· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References

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  • Bozzetti, L., 1993. Description of a new genus Favartia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Indian Ocean. Apex 8(1-2): 31-32