Chauvetia gigantea

Chauvetia gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Chauvetia gigantea
Shell of Chauvetia gigantea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. gigantea
Binomial name
Chauvetia gigantea
Oliver & Rolan, 2008[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Senegal.

References

  • Oliver J.D. & Rolan E. 2008. Las especies del género Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda) del área de Dakar, Senegal, África occidental, con la descripción de diez especies nuevas. Iberus 26(2) : 133-175


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