Trivirostra oryza
Trivirostra oryza is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Trivirostra |
| Species: | T. oryza |
| Binomial name | |
| Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810) | |
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Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and many island groups in the western Pacific, including Fiji and the Marshall Islands where fossils were collected.
References
- Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1811). Gofas, S. (2010). Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216896 on 9 July 2010 .
External links
- Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
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