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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 & Vermeij, 2015 * '' Chauvetia joani'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia lamyi'' Knudsen, 1956 * '' Chauvetia lefebvrii'' (Maravigna, 1840) * '' Chauvetia lineolata'' (Tiberi, 1868) * '' Chauvetia luciacuestae'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' 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 * '' Chauvetia obliqua'' Nordsieck & Talavera, 1979: (nomen dubium) * '' Chauvetia pardacuta'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia pardofasciata'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia peculiaris'' Oliver & Rolán, 2009 * '' Chauvetia pelorcei'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia poseidonae'' Hoffman, Fraussen & Freiwald, 2018 * '' Chauvetia procerula'' Monterosato, 1889 * '' Chauvetia recondita'' (Brugnone, 1873) * '' Chauvetia retifera'' (Brugnone, 1880) * '' Chauvetia robustalba'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia soni'' (Bruguière, 1789) * '' Chauvetia taeniata'' Gofas & Oliver, 2010 * '' Chauvetia tenebrosa'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008 * '' Chauvetia tenuisculpta'' (Dautzenberg, 1891) * † '' Chauvetia turqueti'' (C. Vélain, 1876) * '' Chauvetia turritellata'' (Deshayes, 1835) * '' Chauvetia ventrosa'' Nordsieck, 1976 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Chauvetia javieri'' Oliver & Rolan, 2008: 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): 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

External links

Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp

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

Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40

Pallary, P. (1902). Liste des mollusques testacés de la baie de Tanger. Journal de Conchyliologie. 50: 1-39, pl. 1

Micali P. (1999). Note sulle specie di Chauvetia dell'Atlantico nord-orientale. Bollettino Malacologico 34(5-8): 53-68
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