''Dolichupis'' is a

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of small

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s, marine

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s in the

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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 ''Dolichupis'' include: * '' Dolichupis acutidentata'' (Gaskoin, 1836) * '' Dolichupis akangus'' Simone & Cunha, 2012 * '' Dolichupis artema'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * '' Dolichupis burius'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * '' Dolichupis cicatrosa'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) * '' Dolichupis citeria'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * † '' Dolichupis clypeus'' Dolin, 1991 *'' Dolichupis derkai'' Fehse & Grego, 2002 * '' Dolichupis dorsennus'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * '' Dolichupis halians'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * '' Dolichupis iota'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) *'' Dolichupis janae'' (Lorenz, 2001) * '' Dolichupis leei'' Fehse & Grego, 2010 *'' Dolichupis leucosphaera'' (Schilder, 1931) *'' Dolichupis malvabasis'' Dolin, 2001 * '' Dolichupis mediagibber'' Fehse & Grego, 2010 * '' Dolichupis meridionalis'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * '' Dolichupis myrae'' (G. B. Campbell, 1961) * '' Dolichupis panamensis'' (Dall, 1902) * '' Dolichupis paucilirata'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) * '' Dolichupis pingius'' Simone & Cunha, 2012 *'' Dolichupis producta'' (Gaskoin, 1836) * '' Dolichupis ritteri'' (Raymond, 1903) * '' Dolichupis rubinicolor'' (Gaskoin, 1836) * '' Dolichupis tindigei'' Fehse & Grego, 2010 * '' Dolichupis vemacola'' (Liltved, 1987) *'' Dolichupis virgo'' Fehse & Grego, 2005 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Dolichupis pulloidea'' (Dall & Ochsner, 1928): synonym of '' Pseudopusula galapagensis'' (Melvill, 1900)

References

* Fehse D. (2002) B''eiträge 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. * Simone, L. R. & Cunha, C. M., 2012. ''Taxonomic study on the molluscs collected in Marion-Dufresne expedition (MD55) to SE Brazil: Xenophoridae, Cypraeoidea, mitriforms and Terebridae (Caenogastropoda)''. Zoosystema 34(4): 745-781

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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