Chauvetia bartolomeoi

Chauvetia bartolomeoi
Shell of Chauvetia bartolomeoi (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. bartolomeoi
Binomial name
Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Chauvetia javieri Oliver & Rolán, 2008

Chauvetia bartolomeoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauretania.

References

1. Ardovini (2008). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 60 (3) : 3–5. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 August 2010.

• Ardovini R. 2008. Description of a new species belonging to Genus Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884, (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), from West Africa (Senegal). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 60: 3-5
• Hoffman L., Fraussen K. & Freiwald A. (2018). The genus Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea) in deep-water coral habitats on the continental slope of Mauritania. Miscellanea Malacologica. 7(6): 127-138

External links

• 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).