Trivellona finleyi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]
Trivellona finleyi | |
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Shell of Trivellona finleyi (specimen at MNHN? Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Triviidae |
Genus: | Trivellona |
Species: | T. finleyi
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Binomial name | |
Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
Robertotrivia finleyi Beals, 2001 |
Description
editThe shell size varies between 12 mm and 23 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and the Philippines
References
edit- ^ Beals (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (298) : 20-22. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ a b Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). WoRMS (2010). Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527307 on 13 December 2010 .
- Beals, M. N. (2001). A new species of Robertotrivia from the Philippines. La Conchiglia. 33(298): 20–22.
- 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. (2004) Contribution to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. Berlin and Banska Bystrica. Published as a CD in 2004; as a book in 2009
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Trivellona finleyi.
- "Trivellona finleyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.