''Favartia alveata'' is a

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, a marine

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in the

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Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off

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References

* Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44. * Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.

External links

Kiener, L. C. (1841-1843). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 7. Famille des Canalifères. Troisième partie. Genres Rocher (Murex) Linné, pp. 1-130 + unpaginated erratum, pl. 1-47 [pp. 1-16 (1842), 17-130 (1843); pl. 1-47 (1842)
Triton (Triton) Lamarck, pp. 1-48, pl. 1-18 [all (1842)]; Ranelle (Ranella) Lamarck, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-15 [pp. 1-40 (1842), pl. 1-15 (1841)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière]
Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123
Gastropods described in 1842 Favartia {{Muricopsinae-stub