Chauvetia bartolomeoi
| Chauvetia bartolomeoi | |
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| Shell of Chauvetia bartolomeoi (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Chauvetiidae |
| Genus: | Chauvetia |
| Species: | C. bartolomeoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Chauvetia javieri Oliver & Rolán, 2008 | |
Chauvetia bartolomeoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauretania.
References
- ^ Ardovini (2008). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 60 (3) : 3–5. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
- Ardovini R. 2008. Description of a new species belonging to Genus Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884, (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), from West Africa (Senegal). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 60: 3-5
- Hoffman L., Fraussen K. & Freiwald A. (2018). The genus Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea) in deep-water coral habitats on the continental slope of Mauritania. Miscellanea Malacologica. 7(6): 127-138
External links
- Oliver J.D. & Rolan E. (2008). "Las especies del género Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del área de Dakar, Senegal, África occidental, con la descripción de diez especies nuevas". Iberus. 26 (2).