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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumMollusca
  3. ›classGastropoda
  4. ›orderNeogastropoda
  5. ›familyMuricidae
  6. ›genusFavartia
Favartia macgintyi
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Favartia macgintyi

Favartia macgintyi (M.Smith, 1938)

Favartia macgintyi or Murex Macgintyi, common name : McGinty's Murex, is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Description

The shell size varies between 13.4 mm and 44 mm with five whorls and a two whorl shining nucleus which is smooth. There are seven raised spiral ridges with branching recurved terminations.

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Range & habitat

The real Favartia macgintyi is a late Pliocene and early Pleistocene fossil from the Caloosahatchee formation of southern Florida. The Recent Florida species that has been designated by that name is still unnamed according to Petuch (2013: 199)

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Where it has been recorded

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4365505.