Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 455-456

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978-2-85653-614-8

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scientific name

Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845)
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Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845) View in CoL

Murex maculatus Reeve, 1845 : pl. 33, fig. 136.

Synonyms:

Murex (Ocinebra) salmonea Melvill & Standen, 1899: 162 , pl. 10, fig. 2.

Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D’Attilio, 1979: 5 View in CoL , figs 3, 4, 15, 16.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1569, 21°02’S, 175°19’W, 433 m, 1 dd (damaged) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Indo-West Pacific. New record for Tonga.

REMARKS. — Three names are commonly used for this species: Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845) for specimens from the western Indian Ocean, F. salmonea for those from Australia and F. dorothyae for those from the Philippines. Many specimens, including the type material have been studied by the senior author from throughout its geographical range. No noticeable morphological differences have been noted between the different forms (protoconchs studied only for F. maculata and F. dorothyae forms). In the absence of further studies showing important differences in the protoconch morphology of F. salmonea , we consider all these names as synonyms. F. maculata has not previously been reported from Tonga.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Favartia

Loc

Favartia maculata (Reeve, 1845)

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Favartia dorothyae Emerson & D’Attilio, 1979: 5

EMERSON W. K. & D'ATTILIO A. 1979: 5
1979
Loc

Murex (Ocinebra) salmonea

MELVILL J. C. & STANDEN R. 1899: 162
1899
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