Chauvetia decorata | |
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Shell of Chauvetia decorata (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. decorata |
Binomial name | |
Chauvetia decorata Monterosato, 1889 |
Chauvetia decorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks. [1]
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Strait of Gibraltar and off the Canary Islands.