Chauvetia bartolomeoi

Chauvetia bartolomeoi
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
Binomial name
Chauvetia bartolomeoi
Ardovini, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]

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 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
  • 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).