Chauvetia crassior

Chauvetia crassior
Shell of Chauvetia crassior (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. crassior
Binomial name
Chauvetia crassior
(Odhner, 1932)
Synonyms

Syntagma crassior Odhner, 1932 superseded combination

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

  • Odhner, N. H. (1932). Beitrage zur Malakozoologie der Kanarischen Inseln. Lamellibranchien, Cephalopoden, Gastropoden. Arkiv för Zoologi. 23A (14): 1-116, pl. 1-2.