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Chauvetia

Chauvetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks.

Description

The strong shell is turreted and many-whorled. The body whorl is not very large. The surface is crossed by longitudinal ribs and transverse striae. The apex of the spire is mammillated. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is very short, straight and not recurved. The outer lip is slightly thickened and crenated internally.

Species

Species within the genus Chauvetia include:

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Chauvetia javieri <small>Oliver & Rolan, 2008</small>: synonym of Chauvetia bartolomeoi
  • Chauvetia lefebvrei <small>(Maravigna, 1840)</small>: synonym of Chauvetia lefebvrii <small>(Maravigna, 1840)</small> (misspelling)
  • Chauvetia minima <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>: synonym of Chauvetia brunnea <small>(Donovan, 1804)</small>
  • Chauvetia pellisphocae <small>(Reeve, 1845) sensu Pallary, 1920</small>: synonym of Chauvetia retifera <small>(Brugnone, 1880)</small> † (misidentification by Pallary (1920) and other European authors)
  • Chauvetia submamillata <small>(Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)</small>: synonym of Chauvetia mamillata
  • Chauvetia vulpecula <small>(Monterosato, 1874)</small>: synonym of Chauvetia recondita <small>(Brugnone, 1873)</small>

References

  • 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) : 133-175
  • Oliver, J. D.; Rolán, E. (2009). Las especies de Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) de Canarias y el área oeste africana de Mauritania y Sahara. Iberus. 27(2): 113-154
  • Gofas S. & Oliver J.D., 2010. Las especies del género Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Buccinidae) del área ibero-marroquí, con descripción de cuatro especies nuevas. Iberus 28(1): 23-60
  • Gofas, S. & Oliver, J.D., 2010. The species of the genus Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Buccinidae) in the Ibero-moroccan area, with the description of four new species. Iberus 28(1): 23-60

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