Chauvetia

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

Chauvetia
Shell of Chauvetia balgimae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Chauvetia Monterosato, 1884[1]
Type species
Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms[2]
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

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)