Bouchetia (gastropod)
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| Bouchetia | |
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| Shell of Bouchetia wareni (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Bouchetia Houart & Héros, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Poirieria (Paziella) vaubanensis Houart, 1986 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paziella (Bouchetia) Houart & Héros, 2008 | |
Bouchetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs 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]
