Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. [1]

Triviidae
Beachworn shells of Trivia monacha from Spain, with sand grains stuck in the apertures
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Triviidae
Troschel, 1863
Synonyms[1]
  • Pusulini Schilder, 1936
  • Triviellini Schilder, 1939
  • Triviinae Troschel, 1863· accepted, alternate representation

Taxonomy edit

The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:

In the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017) Eratoinae is now recognized as the family Eratoidae and Triviinae is considered an alternate representation of Triviidae.

Genera edit

Genera within the family Triviidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Triviidae Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144 on 2020-08-20
  2. ^ WoRMS
  3. ^ Nomenclator Zoologicus
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  5. ^ Nomenclator Zoologicus
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  7. ^ Nomenclator Zoologicus
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  13. ^ Nomenclator zoologicus

Further reading edit

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10:1–126
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
  • Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1982. Comparative morphology of three South African Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:111–132
  • Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1987. Further studies on the morphology of the Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with emphasis on species from southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:207–254
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Dolin, L. 2001. Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona. In: P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185:201–241.
  • Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.

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