Triviella aperta

Not to be confused with Fenestraria, also known as babies' toes.

Triviella aperta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Triviella
Species:	T. aperta
Binomial name
Triviella aperta (Swainson, 1822)
Synonyms
Cypraea aperta Swainson, 1822 (basionym) Cypraea carnea Gray, 1828 Cypraea oniscus Lamarck, 1810 (non Röding, 1798) Cypraea roseaW. Wood, 1828 Trivia aperta(Swainson, 1822) Triviella carnea(Gray, 1828) Triviella porcellioCate, 1979

Triviella aperta, commonly named the baby's toes, 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 off the south coast of South Africa.

References

1. Triviella aperta (Swainson, 1822) . Gofas, S. (2010). Triviella aperta (Swainson, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225238 on 31 July 2012 .

• Kilburn, R.N. (1974) Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (3): Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, with descriptions of new taxa of Naticidae, Fasciolariidae, Magilidae, Volutomitridae and Turridae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 22, 187–220.
• Cate C.N. (1979) A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir 10: 1-126. page(s): 18
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 59
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 52
• Liltved W.R. (2000) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 224 pp. page(s): 174
• 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): 22

External links

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg