Bouchetia

Bouchetia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Bouchetia
Houart & Héros, 2008

Bouchetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

This genus was named after the malacologist Philippe Bouchet.It has become a synonym of Paziella (Bouchetia) Houart & Héros, 2008, itself an alternate representation of Paziella Jousseaume, 1880 [1]

Species

Species within the genus Bouchetia included :

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Paziella Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415784 on 2011-04-04
  2. Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Bouchetia vaubanensis (Houart, 1986).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

Further reading

  • Houart R. & Héros V. (2008) Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga. In: V. Héros, R.H. Cowie & P. Bouchet (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 196: 437-480. page(s): 450


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