Niveria nix

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Niveria nix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Species:
N. nix
Binomial name
Niveria nix
(Schilder, 1922)

Niveria nix 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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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.5 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 116 m. [2]

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References

  1. Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922) . WoRMS (2010). Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419745 on 9 July 2010 .
  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.