Chauvetia

Chauvetia
	Shell of Chauvetia balgimae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Tudiclidae
Genus:	Chauvetia; Monterosato, 1884
Type species
	Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826);
Synonyms
	Chauvetia (Donovaniella) F. Nordsieck, 1968; Chauvetiella F. Nordsieck, 1968; Donovania Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (invalid: junior homonym of Donovania Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Chauvetia and Syntagma are replacement names); Donovania (Adansonia) Pallary, 1902 (invalid: unnecessary nom. nov. pro Folineaea Monterosato, 1884, by Pallary treated as a junior homonym of Folinia Crosse, 1868); Donovaniella F. Nordsieck, 1968; Folineaea Monterosato, 1884; Folinia [sic] (misspelling of Folinaea Monterosato, 1884; non Folinia Crosse, 1868); Lachesis Risso, 1826 (invalid: junior homonym of Lachesis Daudin, 1803 [Reptilia]; Donovania and Syntagma are replacement names); Nesaea Risso, 1826 (invalid: junior homonym of Nesaea Leach, 1814 [Crustacea]; Donovania and Chauvetia are replacement names); Pleurotoma (Lachesis) Risso, 1826; Syntagma Iredale, 1918;

Chauvetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[2]

Description

The strong shell is turreted and many-whorled. The body whorl is not very large. The surface is crossed by longitudinal ribs and transverse striae. The apex of the spire is mammillated. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is very short, straight and not recurved. The outer lip is slightly thickened and crenated internally.^[3]

Species

Species within the genus Chauvetia include:^[2]

Chauvetia affinis (Monterosato, 1889)^[4]
Chauvetia austera Oliver & Rolán, 2009
Chauvetia balgimae Gofas & Oliver, 2010
Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008^[5]
Chauvetia borgesi Oliver & Rolán, 2009
Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804)^[6]
Chauvetia candidissima (Philippi, 1836)^[7]
Chauvetia crassior (Odhner, 1932)^[8]
Chauvetia decorata Monterosato, 1889^[9]
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^[10]
Chauvetia gigantissina Oliver & Rolán, 2009
Chauvetia giunchiorum (Micali, 1999)^[11]
Chauvetia hernandezi Oliver & Rolán, 2009
† Chauvetia inopinata Landau, C. M. Silva & Vermeij, 2015
Chauvetia joani Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[12]
Chauvetia lamyi Knudsen, 1956
Chauvetia lefebvrii (Maravigna, 1840)^[13]
Chauvetia lineolata (Tiberi, 1868)^[14]
Chauvetia luciacuestae Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[15]
Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826)
Chauvetia maroccana Gofas & Oliver, 2010
Chauvetia mauritania Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018
Chauvetia megastoma Oliver & Rolán, 2009
Chauvetia merianae Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018
Chauvetia multilirata Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[16]
Chauvetia obliqua Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979:^[17] (nomen dubium)
Chauvetia pardacuta Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[18]
Chauvetia pardofasciata Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[19]
Chauvetia peculiaris Oliver & Rolán, 2009
Chauvetia pelorcei Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[20]
Chauvetia poseidonae Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018
Chauvetia procerula Monterosato, 1889^[21]
Chauvetia recondita (Brugnone, 1873)^[22]
Chauvetia retifera (Brugnone, 1880)^[23]
Chauvetia robustalba Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[24]
Chauvetia soni (Bruguière, 1789)
Chauvetia taeniata Gofas & Oliver, 2010
Chauvetia tenebrosa Oliver & Rolan, 2008^[25]
Chauvetia tenuisculpta (Dautzenberg, 1891)
† Chauvetia turqueti (C. Vélain, 1876)
Chauvetia turritellata (Deshayes, 1835)^[26]
Chauvetia ventrosa Nordsieck, 1976^[27]

Species brought into synonymy

Chauvetia javieri Oliver & Rolan, 2008:^[28] synonym of Chauvetia bartolomeoi
Chauvetia lefebvrei (Maravigna, 1840): synonym of Chauvetia lefebvrii (Maravigna, 1840) (misspelling)
Chauvetia minima (Montagu, 1803): synonym of Chauvetia brunnea (Donovan, 1804)
Chauvetia pellisphocae (Reeve, 1845) sensu Pallary, 1920: synonym of Chauvetia retifera (Brugnone, 1880) † (misidentification by Pallary (1920) and other European authors)
Chauvetia submamillata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882):^[29] synonym of Chauvetia mamillata
Chauvetia vulpecula (Monterosato, 1874): synonym of Chauvetia recondita (Brugnone, 1873)

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
Oliver, J. D.; Rolán, E. (2009). Las especies de Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884 (Mollusca, Neogastropoda) de Canarias y el área oeste africana de Mauritania y Sahara. Iberus. 27(2): 113-154
Gofas S. & Oliver J.D., 2010. Las especies del género Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Buccinidae) del área ibero-marroquí, con descripción de cuatro especies nuevas. Iberus 28(1): 23-60
Gofas, S. & Oliver, J.D., 2010. The species of the genus Chauvetia (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Buccinidae) in the Ibero-moroccan area, with the description of four new species. Iberus 28(1): 23-60

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