Trivirostra oryza

Trivirostra oryza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Trivirostra
Species:	T. oryza
Binomial name
Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810)
Synonyms
Cypraea intermediaKiener, 1844 Cypraea oryzaLamarck, 1810 (original combination) Trivia oryza(Lamarck, 1810)

Trivirostra oryza 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 Indian Ocean, Indonesia, and many island groups in the western Pacific, including Fiji and the Marshall Islands where fossils were collected.

References

1. Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1811) . Gofas, S. (2010). Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216896 on 9 July 2010 .

External links

• Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .