Chauvetia gigantea

Chauvetia gigantea
Shell of Chauvetia gigantea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Chauvetia
Species:
C. gigantea
Binomial name
Chauvetia gigantea
Oliver & Rolan, 2008[1]

Chauvetia gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  1. ^ Oliver & Rolan (2008). Iberus 26 (2) : 133–175. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ Chauvetia gigantea Oliver & Rolan, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • 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


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