Niveria is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]

Niveria
Niveria suffusa shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Jousseaume, 1884[1]
Type species
Cypraea nivea Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms[2]
  • Circumscapula Cate, 1979
  • Sulcotrivia Schilder, 1933

Species

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Species within the genus Niveria include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Jousseaume F. P. (1884). Bull. Soc. zool. France 9: 100.
  2. ^ a b Niveria Jousseaume, 1884. Gofas, S. (2010). Niveria Jousseaume, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391519 on 18 March 2011 .
  3. ^ Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. ^ 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 139(1): 23–33. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/023-033.
  5. ^ 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 139(1): 23–33.
  6. ^ Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  7. ^ Niveria quadripunctata (Gray, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  8. ^ Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  9. ^ Niveria werneri Fehse, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  10. ^ Niveria colettae Fehse, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  • 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.
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