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

Favartia levicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Favartia
Species:
F. levicula
Binomial name
Favartia levicula
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murexiella levicula (Dall, 1889)
  • Ocinebra Favartia levicula Dall, 1889

Description edit

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm

Distribution edit

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Florida.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Favartia (Favartia) levicula (Dall, 1889). 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) levicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 26 December 2010.