Trivia (gastropod)

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Trivia
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Seven shells of Trivia monacha from beach drift near Aberffraw, Anglesey.
Scale is in cm.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Subfamily: Triviinae
Genus: Trivia
Gray, 1837
Type species
Cypraea europaea
Montagu, 1808

Trivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias. [1]

These are known in Britain as "cowries".[ citation needed ] The shell of these species does superficially resemble the shell of a very small cowry, but Trivia species are not very closely related to true cowries.

Species

The genus Trivia has recently[ when? ] been split into many genera, including Cleotrivia, Niveria, Pusula, Triviella, Trivirostra etc., but this information is not yet shown completely in the species list below. There is currently no consensus about definition of the genera backed by a reliable phylogenetic scheme, for which reason all European species in the ERMS context are maintained under genus Trivia, around the type species Trivia arctica. [1]

Species within the genus Trivia include, according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) [1]

Species named in other databases[ which? ]
[ citation needed ]
Species brought into synonymy

European species: Trivia arctica, T. candidula, T. monacha and T. multirilata

Western Atlantic species with updated genera:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Triviidae</span> Family of gastropods

Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha.

<i>Primovula</i> Genus of gastropods

Primovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, the false cowries.

<i>Blasicrura</i> Genus of gastropods

Blasicrura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Cypraea</i> Genus of gastropods

Cypraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails or cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Palmadusta</i> Genus of gastropods

Palmadusta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Pseudosimnia</i> Genus of gastropods

Pseudosimnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.

<i>Triviella</i> Genus of gastropods

Triviella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias.

<i>Trivellona paucicostata</i> Species of gastropod

Trivellona paucicostata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Cleotrivia</i> Genus of gastropods

Cleotrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Dolichupis</i> Genus of gastropods

Dolichupis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Hespererato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Niveria</i> Genus of gastropods

Niveria is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Proterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias and allies.

<i>Pusula</i> Genus of gastropods

Pusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Trivellona</i> Genus of gastropods

Trivellona is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Trivirostra</i> Genus of gastropods

Trivirostra is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

<i>Barycypraea</i> Genus of gastropods

Barycypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

<i>Notocypraea</i> Genus of gastropods

Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Pseudopusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gofas, S. (2010). Trivia. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138582 on 2010-11-04
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