Chauvetiidae

Chauvetiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Chauvetiidae
Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Genera

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Donovaniidae T. L. Casey, 1904 unavailable name (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]).
  • Lachesinae Bellardi, 1877 (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Lachesis Daudin, 1803 [Reptilia])

The Chauvetiidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.[1]

Genera

Synonyms
  • Chauvetiella F. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884
  • Donovania Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Chauvetia and Syntagma are replacement names)
  • Donovaniella F. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Folineaea Monterosato, 1884: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884
  • Folinia [sic]: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (misspelling of Folineaea Monterosato, 1884; non Folinia Crosse, 1868)
  • Lachesis Risso, 1826: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884(invalid: junior homonym of Lachesis Daudin, 1803 [Reptilia]; Donovania and Syntagma are replacement names)
  • Nesaea Risso, 1826: synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Nesaea Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Donovania and Chauvetia are replacement names)
  • Syntagma Iredale, 1918:synonym of Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (junior objective synonym, Invalid: junior objective synonym of Chauvetia)

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522424 on 2025-09-02
  • Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3). Retrieved 2 September 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Bellardi., L. (1877). "I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae)". Stamperia Reale: 150.
  • Casey, T.L. (1904). "Notes on the Pleurotomidae with description of some new genera and species". Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 14: 123–170.