Favartia (Favartia) glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Species: | F. glypta
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 12 mm and 29 mm
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Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico along Florida and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.
References edit
- ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) glypta (M. Smith, 1938). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 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
External links edit
- "Murexiella (Murexiella) glypta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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