Biology:Ellatrivia

Ellatrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Nomenclature

Under Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code, the name Ellatrivia Iredale (1931) is not available because Iredale did not provide a description.

Species

Species within the genus Ellatrivia include:

• † Ellatrivia aequiflora (Laws, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia antipodum F. A. Schilder, 1935
• Ellatrivia bipunctata (Odhner, 1917)
• Ellatrivia caelatura (Hedley, 1918)
• † Ellatrivia columellaris (F. A. Schilder, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia constricta (F. A. Schilder, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia crassicostata F. A. Schilder, 1935
• Ellatrivia cydarum (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• Ellatrivia detavorai Fehse & Grego, 2010
• Ellatrivia exmouthensis (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• † Ellatrivia goudeyi Fehse & Grego, 2012
• † Ellatrivia iredalei F. A. Schilder, 1935
• † Ellatrivia kaiparaensis Laws, 1939
• Ellatrivia longisulcata F. A. Schilder
• Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
• † Ellatrivia minima (Tenison Woods, 1879)
• Ellatrivia oryzoidea (Iredale, 1935)
• † Ellatrivia torquayensis F. A. Schilder, 1935
• † Ellatrivia zealandica (Kirk, 1882)

Species brought into synonymy

• Ellatrivia memorata (Finlay, 1926): synonym of Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
• † Ellatrivia wirrata Ludbrook, 1941: synonym of † Trivellona wirrata (Ludbrook, 1941) (superseded combination)

Further reading

• Cotton, B. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 3. The South Australian Naturalist 13: 35–86, plates 1–4.
• 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.
• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61

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