Chauvetia joani

Chauvetia joani
Shell of Chauvetia joani (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. joani
Binomial name
Chauvetia joani Oliver & Rolan, 2008 [1]

Chauvetia joani 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 5.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References

1. Oliver & Rolan (2008). Iberus 26 (2) : 133–175. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. Chauvetia joani Oliver & Rolan, 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

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): 133–175.