Chauvetia gigantea
Appearance
Chauvetia gigantea | |
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Shell of Chauvetia gigantea (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Buccinidae |
Genus: | Chauvetia |
Species: | C. gigantea
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Binomial name | |
Chauvetia gigantea Oliver & Rolan, 2008[1]
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Chauvetia gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Senegal.
References
[edit]- ^ Oliver & Rolan (2008). Iberus 26 (2) : 133–175. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Chauvetia gigantea Oliver & Rolan, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- Oliver J.D. & Rolan E. 2008. Las especies del género Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del área de Dakar, Senegal, África occidental, con la descripción de diez especies nuevas. Iberus 26(2) : 133-175