''Cleotrivia colettae'' is a
species of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 3.8 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the
Red Sea, the
Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
References
* Fehse D. (1999). ''Studies on Ovulidae and Triviidae of Mozambique and Réunion''. La Conchiglia 31(292): 47-55, 63
* 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): 26
* ehse D. & Grego J. (2009) ''Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus Purpurcapsula and a new species in the genus Trivirostra Jousseaume, 1884''. Visaya 2(5): 18-79, pls. 1-13. page(s): 39
External links
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Triviidae
Gastropods described in 1999
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