Favartia taylorae

Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Favartia
Subgenus: Murexiella
Species: F. taylorae
Binomial name
Favartia (Murexiella) taylorae taylorae
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]

Murexiella taylorae Petuch, 1987

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida.

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