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Favartia bojadorensis

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Species of gastropod

Favartia bojadorensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species: F. bojadorensis
Binomial name
Favartia bojadorensis
(Locard, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hexaplex bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)
  • Murex asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murex bojadorensis Locard, 1897
  • Murexiella asteriae Nicolay, 1972
  • Murexiella bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)

Favartia bojadorensis, common name the Bojador murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 100 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Ghana and Angola

References

  1. ^ Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Favartia bojadorensis


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