Chauvetiidae

Chauvetiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021
Genera
See text
Synonyms [1]
Donovaniidae T. L. Casey, 1904 unavailable name (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of DonovaniaLeach, 1814 [Crustacea]). Lachesinae Bellardi, 1877 (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of LachesisDaudin, 1803 [Reptilia])

The Chauvetiidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. ^[1]

Genera

• Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884

Synonyms

• ChauvetiellaF. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884
• Donovania Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of DonovaniaLeach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Chauvetia and Syntagma are replacement names)
• DonovaniellaF. Nordsieck, 1968: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884 (junior subjective synonym)
• FolineaeaMonterosato, 1884: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884
• Folinia [sic]: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884 (misspelling of Folineaea Monterosato, 1884; non Folinia Crosse, 1868)
• LachesisRisso, 1826: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884(invalid: junior homonym of LachesisDaudin, 1803 [Reptilia]; Donovania and Syntagma are replacement names)
• NesaeaRisso, 1826: synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of NesaeaLeach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Donovania and Chauvetia are replacement names)
• SyntagmaIredale, 1918:synonym of ChauvetiaMonterosato, 1884 (junior objective synonym, Invalid: junior objective synonym of Chauvetia)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chauvetiidae Kantor, Fedosov, Kosyan, Puillandre, Sorokin, Kano, R. Clark & Bouchet, 2021. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1522424 on 2025-09-02

External links

• Kantor, Y.I., Fedosov, A.E., Kosyan, A.R., Puillandre, N., Sorokin, P.A., Kano, Y., Clark, R. N. & Bouchet, P. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (3). Retrieved 2 September 2025.
• Bellardi., L. (1877). "I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte II (Pleurotomidae)". Stamperia Reale: 150.
• Casey, T.L. (1904). "Notes on the Pleurotomidae with description of some new genera and species". Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 14: 123–170.