Chauvetia turritellata

Chauvetia turritellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Chauvetiidae
Genus:	Chauvetia
Species:	C. turritellata
Binomial name
Chauvetia turritellata (Deshayes, 1835)
Synonyms
Fusus turritellatusDeshayes, 1835

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Chauvetia turritellata (Deshayes, 1835) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

External links

• Deshayes, G.P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie. Paris: F.G. Levrault.
• Micali, P. (1999). "Note sulle specie di Chauvetia dell'Atlantico nord-orientale" (PDF). Bollettino Malacologico. 34 (5–8): 61–63. Retrieved 3 September 2025.