Favartia 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]
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| Shell of Favartia hidalgoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. hidalgoi
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| Favartia hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 22 mm and 38 mm
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Distribution edit
This species occurs 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.
References edit
- ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) hidalgoi (Crosse, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 December 2010.
- Garrigues B . & Lamy D. 2018, 218. Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne KARUBENTHOS 2 du MNHN dans les eaux profondes de Guadeloupe (Antilles Françaises) et description de trois nouvelles espèces des genres Pagodula et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy 20: 34–52
External links edit
- "Murexiella (Murexiella) hidalgoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
- Crosse, H. (1869). Diagnoses Molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17: 408-410
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