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

Favartia cecalupoi
Shell of Favartia cecalupoi (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. cecalupoi
Binomial name
Favartia cecalupoi
Bozzetti, 1993
Synonyms

Favartia (Favartia) cecalupoi Bozzetti, 1993· accepted, alternate representation

Description edit

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

References edit

  • Bozzetti, L., 1993. Description of a new genus Favartia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Indian Ocean. Apex 8(1-2): 31-32