Favartia tetragona
(Broderip,
1833) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
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Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
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Description
Size: Length 17.80-21.80 mm; diameter 15-15.90 mm; length of aperture 11.15-14.10 mm; length of spire 10.90-11.80 mm.
Color: Light brown, aperture white.
Shell medium in size, stumpy, broadly fusiform, spire elevated and consists of 5-6 angulated whorls. Body whorl broad, fusiform, suture indistinct, aperture ovately rounded, anal sulcus indistinct, outer lip erect, crenulate, interior lirate. Inner lip strongly erect, smooth, slightly adherent posteriorly. Canal short, broad, narrowly open and terminally recurved upwards towards right. Sculpture consists of 4 varices, spiral sculpture consists of 7-8 strong cords on body and 2-3 on canal, leading varix is broad and laminate, cords elevated on trailing edge of each varix.
Size: Length 17.80-21.80 mm; diameter 15-15.90 mm; length of aperture 11.15-14.10 mm; length of spire 10.90-11.80 mm.
Color: Light brown, aperture white.
Shell medium in size, stumpy, broadly fusiform, spire elevated and consists of 5-6 angulated whorls. Body whorl broad, fusiform, suture indistinct, aperture ovately rounded, anal sulcus indistinct, outer lip erect, crenulate, interior lirate. Inner lip strongly erect, smooth, slightly adherent posteriorly. Canal short, broad, narrowly open and terminally recurved upwards towards right. Sculpture consists of 4 varices, spiral sculpture consists of 7-8 strong cords on body and 2-3 on canal, leading varix is broad and laminate, cords elevated on trailing edge of each varix.
Synonym (s)
• Favartia trivaricosa D'Attilio & Myers, 1986
• Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833
(Basionym)
• Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833
• Murex tetragonus Sowerby, 1841
• Murex tetragonus Reeve, 1845
• Murex (Ocinebra) tetragona Tryon, 1880
• Favartia tertragona Cernohorsky, 1967
• Favartia tetragona Radwin and D'Attilio, 1976
• Favartia trivaricosa D'Attilio & Myers, 1986
• Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833
(Basionym)
• Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833
• Murex tetragonus Sowerby, 1841
• Murex tetragonus Reeve, 1845
• Murex (Ocinebra) tetragona Tryon, 1880
• Favartia tertragona Cernohorsky, 1967
• Favartia tetragona Radwin and D'Attilio, 1976
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andamans INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV and Surya Rao, KV (1993) Contribution to the knowledge of Indian marine molluscs: Pt. 3. Family: Muricidae Occasional paper no 153 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata 133 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Subba Rao, NV and Dey, A (2000) Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Occasional paper no 187 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1-323 Available at - NCL, Pune
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