Trivellona catei

Trivellona catei
Shell of Trivellona catei (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Trivellona
Species:	T. catei
Binomial name
Trivellona catei Grego & Fehse, 2004[1]

Trivellona catei is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia

References

1. Grego & Fehse. 2004. Contribution to the Knowledge of the Triviidae. IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. (Ed. Grego & Fehse), Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. Trivellona catei Grego & Fehse, 2004. WoRMS (2009). Trivellona catei Grego & Fehse, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396071 on 9 July 2010 .