Bouchetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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| Shell of Bouchetia wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae [Houart & Héros, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Poirieria (Paziella) vaubanensis Houart, 1986 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paziella (Bouchetia) Houart & Héros, 2008 | |
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 edit
Species within the genus Bouchetia included :
- Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889):[2] s
- Bouchetia vaubanensis (Houart, 1986):[3]
- Bouchetia wareni Houart & Héros, 2015
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Bouchetia hystricina (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Bouchetia vaubanensis (Houart, 1986). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- 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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