Biology:Ellatrivia merces

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ellatrivia merces
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Beachworn shells of Ellatrivia merces, with sand grains trapped in the aperture
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Ellatrivia
Species:
E. merces
Binomial name
Ellatrivia merces
(Iredale, 1924)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea australis Lamarck, 1822
  • Ellatrivia memorata (Finlay, 1927)
  • Ellatrivia merces addenda Iredale, 1931 (Unavailable name - nomen nudum)
  • Trivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
  • Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927
  • Triviella memorata Finlay, 1927
  • Triviella merces Iredale, 1924
  • Trivellona excelsa Iredale, 1931

Ellatrivia merces is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the trivias.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Tasman Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2010). Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527011 on 2012-07-03
  • Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 185–190.
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-85467-054-8
  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • 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. page(s): 25
  • 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5364646 entry