Chauvetia brunnea

Chauvetia brunnea
Chauvetia brunnea shell (iconotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Chauvetiidae
Genus:	Chauvetia
Species:	C. brunnea
Binomial name
Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804)
Synonyms
Buccinum brunneumDonovan, 1804 Buccinum minimumMontagu, 1803 Buccinum rubrumPotiez & Michaud, 1838 (dubious synonym) Chauvetia (Donovaniella) minima(Montagu, 1803) Chauvetia (Donovaniella) minima fasciataF. Nordsieck, 1968 Chauvetia minima(Montagu, 1803) Chauvetia minima fasciataF. Nordsieck, 1968 · Donovania minima(Montagu, 1803) Fusus subnigerisT. Brown, 1827 Lachesis minima(Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted Lachesis minima var. pallescensJeffreys, 1867

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco.

References

1. Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Nordsieck, F. (1968). Die europäischen Meeres-Gehäuseschnecken (Prosobranchia). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden und Mittelmeer. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart. VIII + 273 pp