Bouchetia (gastropod)

Bouchetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

This genus was named after the malacologist Philippe Bouchet. It has become a synonym of Paziella (Bouchetia) Houart & Héros, 2008, itself an alternate representation of Paziella Jousseaume, 1880

Species

Species within the genus Bouchetia included :

• Bouchetia hystricina <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: s
• Bouchetia vaubanensis <small>(Houart, 1986)</small>:
• Bouchetia wareni <small>Houart & Héros, 2015</small>

References

• Houart R. & Héros V. (2008) Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 437–480. page(s): 450

External links

• Houart R. & Héros V. (2015). New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zoosystema. 37(3): 481-503