Purpurcapsula exigua

Purpurcapsula exigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Purpurcapsula
Species:	P. exigua
Binomial name
	Purpurcapsula exigua; (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms
	Austrotrivia exigua(Gray, 1831); Trivia exigua(Gray, 1831); Trivirostra exigua(Gray, 1831);

Last updated December 11, 2025

Purpurcapsula exigua is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin

References

1 2 Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831) . WoRMS (2009). Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 17 December 2010 .

- Dautzenberg, Ph.; Bouge, J.-L. (1933). Les mollusques testacés marins des établissements Français de l'Océanie. J. Conchyl. 77(2): 41-108; 145-326; 351-469
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 73
Fehse D. (2002) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903. Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48. page(s): 28

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831) . WoRMS (2009). Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 17 December 2010 .

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