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Favartia hidalgoi

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Favartia hidalgoi
Shell of Favartia hidalgoi (specimen 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. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Favartia hidalgoi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex hidalgoi Crosse, 1869
  • Murexiella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)

Favartia hidalgoi, common namer : the Hidalgo's Murex, 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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The shell size varies between 22 mm and 38 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil, including the Antilles and Barbados.

References

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  • Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34–52
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  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  • Crosse, H. (1869). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 408-410