Favartia hidalgoi

Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi, common namer : the Hidalgo's Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi
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. hidalgoi
Binomial name
Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi
(Crosse, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex hidalgoi Crosse, 1869
  • Murexiella hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)

Description

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 38 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Southern Brazil, including the Antilles and Barbados.

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References
  1. Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
  • "Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.


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