Niveria suffusa

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Niveria suffusa
Niveria suffusa (suffuse trivia snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16191226905).jpg
Niveria suffusa shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Species:
N. suffusa
Binomial name
Niveria suffusa
(Gray, 1827)

Niveria suffusa 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 12 mm (0.47 in). [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m (1,722 ft). [2]

References

  1. ↑ Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827) . WoRMS (2010). Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419747 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 .
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