Bouchetia vaubanensis

Bouchetia vaubanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Bouchetia
Species:	B. vaubanensis
Binomial name
Bouchetia vaubanensis (Houart, 1986)
Synonyms [1]
Paziella (Bouchetia) vaubanensis (Houart, 1986) Paziella vaubanensis(Houart, 1986) Poirieria (Paziella) vaubanensisHouart, 1986

Bouchetia vaubanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.

Their functional type is benthos. ^[1]

Their feeding type is predatory. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species can be found off New Caledonia.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bouchetia vaubanensis (Houart, 1986). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406287 on 2020-06-16

• Houart R. (1986 ["1985"]). Mollusca Gastropoda: Noteworthy Muricidae from the Pacific Ocean, with description of seven new species. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 427–455
• Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2008). Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). 196: 437–480.
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 174

External links

• MNHN, Paris: holotype