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]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.

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