Chauvetia mamillata

Chauvetia mamillata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Chauvetia mamillata
Shell of Chauvetia mamillata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Chauvetia
Species:	C. mamillata
Binomial name
Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826)
Synonyms
Chauvetia submamillata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) Donovania minima var. attenuata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Donovania minima var. insignis Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 (dubious syn.) Donovania minima var. nodulifera Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Donovania minima var. submamillata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 Lachesis mamillata Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym) Nesaea granulata Risso, 1826 Nesaea mamillata Risso, 1826

References

• Arnaud, P. M., 1978. Révision des taxa malacologiques méditerrannéens introduits par Antoine Risso. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice "1977"5: 101-150
• Hergueta E., Luque A.A. & Templado J. (2003). On the taxonomy and biology of the small buccinid gastropod Chauvetia mamillata (Risso, 1826) (Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in South East Spain. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 4: 135-146

External links

• Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault:. . 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66