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Chauvetia
''Chauvetia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. Species Species within the genus ''Chauvetia'' include: * ''Chauvetia affinis'' ( Monterosato, 1889) * '' Chauvetia austera'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 *'' Chauvetia balgimae'' Gofas & Oliver, 2010 * ''Chauvetia bartolomeoi'' Ardovini, 2008 * '' Chauvetia borgesi'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * ''Chauvetia brunnea'' (Donovan, 1804) * ''Chauvetia candidissima'' (Philippi, 1836) * ''Chauvetia crassior'' (Odhner, 1932) * ''Chauvetia decorata'' Monterosato, 1889 * '' Chauvetia dentifera'' Gofas & Oliver, 2010 * '' Chauvetia distans'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * '' Chauvetia edentula'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * ''Chauvetia errata'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * ''Chauvetia gigantea'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * ''Chauvetia gigantissina'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * ''Chauvetia giunchiorum'' (Micali, 1999) * ''Chauvetia hernandezi'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * † ''Chauvetia inopinata'' Landau, C. M. Silva & V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buccinidae
The Buccinidae are a very large and diverse taxonomic family of large sea snails, often known as whelks or true whelks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Buccinidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149 on 2010-12-30 The family includes more than 1500 species. Taxonomy The family Busyconidae was for a time treated as a subfamily of Buccinidae called Busyconinae. Genera ''Antillophos'', '' Engoniophos'', '' Phos'', ''Nassaria'', '' Tomlinia'', '' Anentome'' and '' ''Clea'''' were treated within family Buccinidae, but they were moved to Nassariidae in 2016. Habitat The true whelks occur worldwide in all seas from tropical oceans to the cold seas of the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. They are found from the intertidal to the bathypelagic zones. Most prefer a solid bottom, but some inhabit sandy substrates. Descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
