Trivellona paucicostata

Trivellona paucicostata
	Shell of Trivellona paucicostata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Trivellona
Species:	T. paucicostata
Binomial name
	Trivellona paucicostata; (Schepman, 1909)
Synonyms[1]
	Trivellona oligopleura Dolin, 2001; Trivia paucicostata Schepman, 1909;

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

Trivellona paucicostata valerieae (Hart, 1996): synonym of Trivellona valerieae (Hart, 1996)

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.7 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines.

Trivellona paucicostata Dolin, 2001. Bouchet, P. (2010). Trivellona paucicostata (Schepman, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527284 on 13 March 2011 .

Dolin, L. (2001). Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona = Indo-Pacific Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): Revision of Trivia, Dolichupis and Trivellona. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 201-241.
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.
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.

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