''Ellatrivia'' is a

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of small

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s in the

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Triviidae Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Triviidae Troschel, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527003 on 2020-10-30

Nomenclature

Under Art. 13.1 of the

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Code, the name ''Ellatrivia'' is not available from Iredale (1931), because he did not provide a description.

Species

Species within the genus ''Ellatrivia'' include: * † '' Ellatrivia aequiflora'' (Laws, 1941) * ''

Ellatrivia bipunctata ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Odhner, 1917) * ''

Ellatrivia caelatura ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Hedley, 1918) * ''

Ellatrivia cydarum ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * ''

Ellatrivia detavorai ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' Fehse & Grego, 2010 * ''

Ellatrivia exmouthensis ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (C. N. Cate, 1979) * † ''

Ellatrivia kaiparaensis ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' Laws, 1939 * '' Ellatrivia merces'' (Iredale, 1924) * ''

Ellatrivia oryzoidea ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Iredale, 1935) * † ''

Ellatrivia zealandica ''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Kirk, 1882) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Ellatrivia memorata'' (Finlay, 1926): synonym of ''Ellatrivia merces'' (Iredale, 1924)

References

* Cotton, B. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 3. The South Australian Naturalist 13: 35–86, plates 1–4. * 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. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61

External links

* Triviidae {{Triviidae-stub