Trivellona finleyi

Trivellona finleyi
Shell of Trivellona finleyi (specimen at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Trivellona
Species:
T. finleyi
Binomial name
Trivellona finleyi
(Beals, 2001)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Robertotrivia finleyi Beals, 2001

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

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 23 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and the Philippines

References

  1. ^ Beals (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (298) : 20-22. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). WoRMS (2010). Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527307 on 13 December 2010 .
  • Beals, M. N. (2001). A new species of Robertotrivia from the Philippines. La Conchiglia. 33(298): 20–22.
  • Fehse D. (2002) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903. Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48.
  • Fehse D. & Grego J. (2004) Contribution to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. Berlin and Banska Bystrica. Published as a CD in 2004; as a book in 2009
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