Chauvetia ventrosa

Chauvetia ventrosa
Shell of Chauvetia ventrosa (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. ventrosa
Binomial name
Chauvetia ventrosa Nordsieck, 1976

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy.

References

1. Chauvetia ventrosa Nordsieck, 1976 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Nordsieck, F. (1976). Famiglia Buccinidae. Il genere Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 nei mari d'Europa. La Conchiglia. 89-90: 3-7