Favartia richardbinghami

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

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

Description

The shell size is 17 mm

Distribution

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

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References
  1. Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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