''Cleotrivia'' is a

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of small

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Triviidae Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Triviidae Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

, the false cowries or trivias.

Species

Species within the genus ''Cleotrivia'' include: * '' Cleotrivia andreiae'' Fehse & Grego, 2017 * '' Cleotrivia atomaria'' ( Dall, 1902) * '' Cleotrivia bobabeli'' Fehse, 2017 * '' Cleotrivia brevissima'' ( Sowerby, 1870) * '' Cleotrivia coletteae'' (Fehse, 1999) * '' Cleotrivia corallina'' Cate, 1979 * '' Cleotrivia culmen'' Fehse, 2004 * '' Cleotrivia dissimilis'' Fehse, 2015 * '' Cleotrivia euclaensis'' Cate, 1979 * '' Cleotrivia globosa'' ( Sowerby, 1832) * '' Cleotrivia occidentalis'' (Schilder, 1922) * '' Cleotrivia pilula'' ( Kiener, 1843) * '' Cleotrivia pisum'' (Gaskoin, 1846) * '' Cleotrivia pygmaea'' (Schilder, 1931) * '' Cleotrivia rustica'' Fehse, 2015 * '' Cleotrivia vitrea'' (Gaskoin, 1849) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cleotrivia antillarum'' (Schilder, 1922): synonym of '' Pseudopusula antillarum'' (Schilder, 1922) * ''Cleotrivia aquatanica'' Cate, 1979 : synonym of '' Niveria nix'' (Schilder, 1922) * ''Cleotrivia candidula'' (Gaskoin, 1836) : synonym of '' Trivia candidula'' (Gaskoin, 1836) * ''Cleotrivia dorsennus'' Cate, 1979 : synonym of '' Dolichupis dorsennus'' (Cate, 1979) * ''Cleotrivia leucosphaera'' (Schilder, 1931) : synonym of '' Dolichupis leucosphaera'' (Schilder, 1931) * ''Cleotrivia meridionalis'' Cate, 1979 : synonym of '' Dolichupis meridionalis'' (Cate, 1979) * ''Cleotrivia werneri'' (Fehse, 1999) alternate representation of '' Niveria werneri'' Fehse, 1999 * ''Cleotrivia wayiana'' (Cate, 1979): synonym of '' Decoriatrivia wayiana'' C. N. Cate, 1979

References

* Dautzenberg, P., 1921. Description d'une espèce nouvelle de Trivia. Journal de Conchyliologie 65: 330-331 * Fehse D. (1999) ''Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) III. A new species of Cleotrivia from Western Africa''. Club Conchylia Informationen 31(1-2): 5-17

External links

Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
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