Trivellona bulla

Trivellona bulla is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]

Trivellona bulla
Shell of Trivellona bulla (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Trivellona
Species:
T. bulla
Binomial name
Trivellona bulla
Dolin, 2001[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 0.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Coral Sea and off New Caledonia.

References

  1. Dolin (2001). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :201-241 (2001). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. Trivellona bulla Dolin, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Trivellona bulla Dolin, 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=457184 on 9 July 2010 .
  • 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


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