Favartia iredalei
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| Favartia iredalei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. iredalei |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia iredalei Ponder, 1972 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Favartia (Murexiella) iredalei Ponder, 1972 | |
Holotype site: Lord Howe Island'"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'
Favartia iredalei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails, first described by Winston Ponder in 1972.[1][2][3] The species epithet, iredalei, honours Tom Iredale.[3]
