Chauvetia decorata

Chauvetia decorata
Shell of Chauvetia decorata (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. decorata
Binomial name
Chauvetia decorata
Monterosato, 1889

Chauvetia decorata 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 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Strait of Gibraltar and off the Canary Islands.

References

  • Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2023). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 19: Chauvetiidae (Buccinoidea). Cainozoic Research. 23(2): 245-278.
  • Monterosato, T.A. di (1889). "Coquilles marines marocaines". Journal de Conchyliologie. 37 (1): 117. Retrieved 2 September 2025.