Provanna chevalieri

Provanna chevalieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Abyssochrysoidea
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]

Contents

Description

Distribution

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

References

  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.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458599 on 5 May 2010.