''Ellatrivia'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527003 on 2020-10-30]
Nomenclature
Under Art. 13.1 of the
ICZN
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Code, the name ''Ellatrivia'' is not available from Iredale (1931), because he did not provide a description.
Species
Species within the genus ''Ellatrivia'' include:
* † ''
Ellatrivia aequiflora''
(Laws, 1941)
* ''
Ellatrivia bipunctata''
(Odhner, 1917)
* ''
Ellatrivia caelatura''
(Hedley, 1918)
* ''
Ellatrivia cydarum''
(C. N. Cate, 1979)
* ''
Ellatrivia detavorai''
Fehse & Grego, 2010
* ''
Ellatrivia exmouthensis''
(C. N. Cate, 1979)
* † ''
Ellatrivia kaiparaensis''
Laws, 1939
* ''
Ellatrivia merces''
(Iredale, 1924)
* ''
Ellatrivia oryzoidea''
(Iredale, 1935)
* † ''
Ellatrivia zealandica''
(Kirk, 1882)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Ellatrivia memorata''
(Finlay, 1926): synonym of ''Ellatrivia merces''
(Iredale, 1924)
References
* Cotton, B. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 3. The South Australian Naturalist 13: 35–86, plates 1–4.
* 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. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61
Triviidae
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