Martin's murex
Favartia martini
- Usual depth102.5 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
About this species
Favartia martini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 1 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 102.5 m · Deepest record: 102.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Martin's murex
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Martins Stachelschnecke
- Japanese
- カセンホネガイ
Other scientific names: Favartia (Favartia) martini, Murexiella martini
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 18 open-data records from 1985 to 2006.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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