Chauvetia ventrosa

Chauvetia ventrosa
Shell of Chauvetia ventrosa (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. ventrosa
Binomial name
Chauvetia ventrosa
Nordsieck, 1976

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy.

References

  • Nordsieck, F. (1976). Famiglia Buccinidae. Il genere Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 nei mari d'Europa. La Conchiglia. 89-90: 3-7