Chauvetia mamillata

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

Chauvetia mamillata
Shell of Chauvetia mamillata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Chauvetia
Species:
C. mamillata
Binomial name
Chauvetia mamillata
(Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chauvetia submamillata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
  • Donovania minima var. attenuata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Donovania minima var. insignis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (dubious syn.)
  • Donovania minima var. nodulifera Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Donovania minima var. submamillata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
  • Lachesis mamillata Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
  • Nesaea granulata Risso, 1826
  • Nesaea mamillata Risso, 1826

Description

References
  1. Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
  • Arnaud, P. M., 1978. Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
  • Hergueta E., Luque A.A. & Templado J. (2003). On the taxonomy and biology of the small buccinid gastropod Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826) (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in South East Spain. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 4: 135-146

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