Favartia perita
Species of gastropod
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Favartia (Favartia) perita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Favartia perita | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Favartia |
| Species: | F. perita |
| Binomial name | |
| Favartia perita (Hinds, 1844) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell is 21 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Panama and the Galapagos islands.
