Chauvetia procerula

Chauvetia procerula
Shell of Chauvetia procerula (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. procerula
Binomial name
Chauvetia procerula Monterosato, 1889
Synonyms
Donovania procerulaMonterosato, 1889

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy, Spain and France; in the Strait of Gibraltar; in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands.

References

1. Chauvetia procerula Monterosato, 1889 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Landau, B.M. & Micali, P. (2023). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 19: Chauvetiidae (Buccinoidea). Cainozoic Research. 23(2): 245-278.

External links

• Monterosato, T.A. di (1889). "Coquilles marines marocaines". Journal de Conchyliologie. 37 (1): 116.