Chauvetia brunnea

Chauvetia brunnea
	Chauvetia brunnea shell (iconotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Chauvetiidae
Genus:	Chauvetia
Species:	C. brunnea
Binomial name
	Chauvetia brunnea; (Donovan, 1804)
Synonyms
	Buccinum brunneum Donovan, 1804; Buccinum minimum Montagu, 1803; Buccinum rubrum Potiez & Michaud, 1838 (dubious synonym); Chauvetia (Donovaniella) minima (Montagu, 1803); Chauvetia (Donovaniella) minima fasciata F. Nordsieck, 1968; Chauvetia minima (Montagu, 1803); Chauvetia minima fasciata F. Nordsieck, 1968 ·; Donovania minima (Montagu, 1803); Fusus subnigeris T. Brown, 1827; Lachesis minima (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted; Lachesis minima var. pallescens Jeffreys, 1867;

Chauvetia brunnea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

Nordsieck, F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. VIII + 273 pp