Provanna chevalieri

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Provanna chevalieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Provannidae
Genus: Provanna
Species:
P. chevalieri
Binomial name
Provanna chevalieri
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Provanna chevalieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Provannidae.[2]

Description[edit]

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. ^ Provanna chevalieri Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 May 2010.