Trivellona finleyi

Trivellona finleyi
Shell of Trivellona finleyi (specimen at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Trivellona
Species:	T. finleyi
Binomial name
Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Robertotrivia finleyiBeals, 2001

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

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 23 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and the Philippines

References

1. Beals (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (298) : 20-22. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001) . WoRMS (2010). Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527307 on 13 December 2010 .

• Beals, M. N. (2001). A new species of Robertotrivia from the Philippines. La Conchiglia. 33(298): 20–22.
• 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.
• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2004) Contribution to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. Berlin and Banska Bystrica. Published as a CD in 2004; as a book in 2009

External links

• "Trivellona finleyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.