Niveria brasilica

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Niveria brasilica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Species:
N. brasilica
Binomial name
Niveria brasilica
Fehse & Grego, 2005 [1]

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

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 5.9 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 33 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 33 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Fehse D. & Grego J. 2005. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. New Triviidae from Brazil. Visaya 1(3): 16-42, pls. 1-18.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005 . WoRMS (2009). Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396200 on 9 July 2010 .
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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