Favartia perita

Favartia perita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. perita
Binomial name
Favartia perita
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex peritus Hinds, 1844
  • Murexiella (Murexiella) perita (Hinds, R.B., 1844)

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

Description

The size of the shell is 21 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) perita (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 December 2010.
  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) perita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.


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