| Favartia bojadorensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. bojadorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Favartia bojadorensis (Locard, 1897)
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Favartia bojadorensis, common name the Bojador murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 30 mm and 100 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Ghana and Angola
References
- ^ a b Favartia (Murexiella) bojadorensis (Locard, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 November 2010.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
External links
- "Murexiella (Murexiella) bojadorensis bojadorensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
- MNHN, Paris: holotype
- Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1–516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1–515, pl. 1–18
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