Chauvetia
Chauvetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chauvetiidae, the true whelks.
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.Species
Species within the genus Chauvetia include:Chauvetia affinis Chauvetia austera Oliver & Rolán, 2009- Chauvetia balgimae Gofas & Oliver, 2010Chauvetia bartolomeoi Ardovini, 2008Chauvetia borgesi Oliver & Rolán, 2009
- † Chauvetia brunettii Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia brunnea Chauvetia candidissima
- † Chauvetia chirlii Brunetti, Della Bella & Cresti, 2017
- † Chauvetia costulata Chauvetia crassior Chauvetia decorata Monterosato, 1889Chauvetia dentifera Gofas & Oliver, 2010Chauvetia distans Oliver & Rolán, 2009Chauvetia edentula Oliver & Rolán, 2009Chauvetia elongata F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979Chauvetia errata Oliver & Rolán, 2009
- † Chauvetia fenestrata Landau & Micali, 2023 †
- † Chauvetia fortiornata Landau & Micali, 2023 †Chauvetia gigantea Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia gigantissina Oliver & Rolán, 2009Chauvetia giunchiorum Chauvetia hernandezi Oliver & Rolán, 2009
- † Chauvetia hoffmani Landau & Micali, 2023
- † Chauvetia inopinata Landau, C. M. Silva & Vermeij, 2015
- † Chauvetia janseni Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia joani Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia lamyi Knudsen, 1956Chauvetia lefebvrii Chauvetia lineolata Chauvetia luciacuestae Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia mamillata Chauvetia maroccana Gofas & Oliver, 2010Chauvetia mauritania Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018Chauvetia megastoma Oliver & Rolán, 2009Chauvetia merianae Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018Chauvetia multilirata Oliver & Rolan, 2008
- † Chauvetia obesa Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia obliqua Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979:
- †Chauvetia oliveri Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia pardacuta Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia pardofasciata Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia peculiaris Oliver & Rolán, 2009Chauvetia pelorcei Oliver & Rolan, 2008
- † Chauvetia plioetrusca Brunetti, Della Bella & Cresti, 2017
- † Chauvetia pliorobusta Brunetti, Della Bella & Cresti, 2017 Chauvetia poseidonae Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018Chauvetia procerula Monterosato, 1889
- † Chauvetia pseudopelorcei Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia recondita Chauvetia retifera Chauvetia robustalba Oliver & Rolan, 2008
- † Chauvetia sinuosa Landau & Micali, 2023
- † Chauvetia solida Landau & Micali, 2023 Chauvetia soni
- † Chauvetia sossoi Brunetti, Della Bella & Cresti, 2017
- † Chauvetia spinosa Landau & Micali, 2023Chauvetia taeniata Gofas & Oliver, 2010Chauvetia tenebrosa Oliver & Rolan, 2008Chauvetia tenuisculpta
- † Chauvetia turqueti Chauvetia turritellata Chauvetia ventrosa Nordsieck, 1976