Niveria maltbiana

Niveria maltbiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Niveria
Species:	N. maltbiana
Binomial name
	Niveria maltbiana; (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
Synonyms[1]
	Pusula maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942); Trivia maltbiana Schwengel & McGinty, 1942 (basionym);

Niveria maltbiana is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Distribution

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 91 m.[2]

Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Bouchet, P. (2011). Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555856 on 13 March 2011 .
Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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