''Niveria'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Triviidae
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, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveria'' include:
* † ''
Niveria angliae''
(S. V. Wood, 1848)
* † ''
Niveria avellana''
(J. de C. Sowerby, 1822)
* ''
Niveria bieleri''
Fehse & Grego, 2016
* ''
Niveria brasilica''
Fehse & Grego, 2005
* † ''
Niveria callosa''
Fehse, 2021
* † ''
Niveria cylindriclementi''
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* † ''
Niveria dimidiatoaffinis''
(Sacco, 1894)
* † ''
Niveria excoccinella''
(Sacco, 1894)
* ''
Niveria guyana''
Fehse, 2016
* ''
Niveria harriettae''
Fehse & Grego, 2010[Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae XX. A new species from the genus ''Niveria'' Jousseaume 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". '']Archiv für Molluskenkunde
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'' 139(1): 23–33. .
* † ''
Niveria intuscrenata''
(Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
* ''
Niveria lathyrus''
( Blainville, 1826)
* † ''
Niveria ledoni''
Fehse & Vicián, 2020
* ''
Niveria liltvedi''
(Gofas, 1984)
* ''
Niveria macaeica''
(Fehse & Grego, 2005)
* ''
Niveria maltbiana''
(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
* ''
Niveria maugeriae''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* † ''
Niveria miocarinata''
Fehse & Vicián, 2020
* ''
Niveria nix''
( Schilder, 1922)
* † ''
Niveria novosperara''
Fehse, 2021
* ''
Niveria pacifica''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* † ''
Niveria peyreirensis''
(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922)
* † ''
Niveria pseudoavellana''
(Sacco, 1894)
* ''
Niveria pullata''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
* ''
Niveria quadripunctata''
(Gray
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, 1827)
* ''
Niveria simonei''
Fehse, 2016
* ''
Niveria suffusa''
(Gray
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, 1827)
* ''
Niveria werneri''
Fehse, 1999
* ''
Niveria xishaensis''
Ma, 1997
;Species brought into synonymy :
*'' Niveria aquatanica''
Cate, 1979: synonym of ''Niveria nix''
( Schilder, 1922)
* ''Niveria campus''
(Cate, 1979): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula campus''
(C. N. Cate, 1979)
* ''Niveria carabus''
(Cate, 1979): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula sanguinea''
(J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''Niveria cherobia''
(Cate, 1979): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula rubescens''
(J. E. Gray, 1833)
* ''Niveria circumdata''
( Schilder, 1931): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula circumdata''
(F. A. Schilder, 1931)
* ''Niveria colettae''
Fehse, 1999:
synonym of ''
Cleotrivia coletteae''
(Fehse, 1999)
* ''Niveria corallina''
Cate, 1979 : synonym of ''
Cleotrivia corallina''
(Cate, 1979)
*
†
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''Niveria dalli''
Petuch, 1994: synonym of
†
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''
Pusula dalli''
(Petuch, 1994)
* ''Niveria dorsennus''
Cate, 1979: synonym of ''
Dolichupis dorsennus''
(Cate, 1979)
* ''Niveria fusca''
( Sowerby, 1832): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula fusca''
(Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''Niveria galapagensis''
( Melvill, 1900): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula galapagensis''
(Melvill, 1900)
* ''Niveria grohorum''
Fehse & Grego, 2008: synonym of ''
Trivia grohorum''
(Fehse & Grego, 2008)
* † ''Niveria incomparabilis''
Fehse, 2013: synonym of † ''
Pseudopusula incomparabilis''
(Fehse, 2013) (original combination)
* † ''Niveria jozefgregoi''
Fehse, 2011: synonym of † ''
Pseudopusula jozefgregoi''
(Fehse, 2011) (original combination)
* ''Niveria meridionalis''
Cate, 1979: synonym of ''
Dolichupis meridionalis''
(Cate, 1979)
*
†
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''Niveria permagna''
(Johnson
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, 1910): synonym of
†
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''
Pusula permagna''
(Johnson
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, 1910)
* ''Niveria problematica''
( Schilder, 1931): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula problematica''
(F. A. Schilder, 1931)
* ''Niveria rubescens''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1833): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula rubescens''
(J. E. Gray, 1833)
* ''Niveria sanguinea''
( Sowerby, 1832): synonym of ''
Pseudopusula sanguinea''
( Sowerby, 1832)
* ''Niveria spongicola''
( Monterosato, 1923): synonym of ''
Trivia spongicola''
Monterosato, 1923
References
* 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. page(s): 9
* Fehse D. & Grego J. (2014). ''Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Published by the authors. 144 pp.
External links
Cate, C. N. (1979). A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir. 10: 1-126
Triviidae
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