Favartia

Favartia
shell of Favartia guamensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Aspellinae
Genus: Favartia
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex breviculus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834
Synonyms
List
  • Aspella (Caribiella) Perrilliat, 1972
  • Aspella (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Caribiella) Perilliat, 1972
  • Favartia (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Favartia (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Minnimurex Woolacott, 1957
  • Murex (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Murexiella Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • †Murexiella (Murexiella) Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945
  • Ocenebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Ocinebra (Favartia) Jousseaume, 1880

Favartia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. It is known for its crystalline shell.

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