Niveria maltbiana

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Niveria maltbiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Species:
N. maltbiana
Binomial name
Niveria maltbiana
(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pusula maltbiana(Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
  • Trivia maltbianaSchwengel & McGinty, 1942 (basionym)

Niveria maltbiana 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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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 91 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942) . Bouchet, P. (2011). Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555856 on 13 March 2011 .
  2. 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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