Niveria macaeica

Niveria macaeica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Niveria
Species:	N. macaeica
Binomial name
Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005) [1]
Synonyms
Pusula macaeicaFehse & Grego, 2005 (original combination)

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 12.5 mm. ^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 150 m. ^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 150 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. Bouchet, P. (2014). Niveria macaeica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494119 on 2015-02-12
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 .

• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XX. A new species from the genus Niveria Jousseaume 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 139(1):23-33