Favartia macgintyi

Favartia macgintyi
Shell of Favartia macgintyi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Favartia
Species:	F. macgintyi
Binomial name
Favartia macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938)
Synonyms
† Favartia (Murexiella) macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938) · accepted, alternate representation Murex macgintyi M. Smith, 1938 Murexiella leonardhilli Petuch, 1987 Murexiella macgintyi (M. Smith, 1938)

Favartia macgintyi, common name : McGinty's Murex, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 13.4 mm and 44 mm

Fossil range

The real Favartia macgintyi is a late Pliocene and early Pleistocene fossil from the Caloosahatchee formation of southern Florida. The Recent Florida species that has been designated by that name is still unnamed according to Petuch (2013: 199)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas to Northeastern Brazil.

References

• 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

• "Murexiella (Murexiella) macgintyi macgintyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
• Smith M. (1938). Further notes upon Tertiary and Recent mollusks from Florida together with descriptions of new species [concluded]. The Nautilus. 51: 88-91