Triviidae is a
taxonomic
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family
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of small
sea snail
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s,
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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 ...
mollusc
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s in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine species), but also including some freshwater snails ( aquatic species) and land snails (terrestrial species).Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); FrĂ ...
.
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Taxonomy
The following subfamilies were recognized in the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:
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Eratoinae
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 ...
Gill
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, 1871
**tribe
Eratoini Gill
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, 1871
**
†tribe
Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939
**
†tribe
Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
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Triviinae
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 ...
Troschel, 1863: represented as Triviidae
Troschel, 1863
In the
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet et al., 2017) Eratoinae is now recognized as the family
Eratoidae and Triviinae is considered an alternate representation of Triviidae.
Genera
Genera within the family Triviidae include:
*Subfamily
Eratoinae
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 ...
has been raised to the status of family
Eratoidae,
Gill, 1871.
*Subfamily
Triviinae
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 ...
(alternate representation of Triviidae)
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Cleotrivia
''Cleotrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
''
Iredale, 1930
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Discotrivia''
C. N. Cate, 1979
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Dolichupis
''Dolichupis'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
''
Iredale, 1930
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Ellatrivia
''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
''
Schilder, 1939
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Gregoia
''Gregoia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha. M ...
''
Fehse, 2015
** ''
Niveria
''Niveria'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveria'' include:
* †'' Niveria angliae'' (S. V. Wood, 1848)
* †'' Nive ...
''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Novatrivia
''Novatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Novatrivia Fehse, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
Fehse, 2015
** †''
Prototrivia''
Schilder, 1941
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Pseudopusula
''Pseudopusula'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.Bouchet, P. (2015). Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
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Fehse & Grego, 2014
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Purpurcapsula''
Fehse & Grego, 2009
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Pusula''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Quasipusula''
Fehse & Grego, 2014
** ''
Semitrivia''
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** ''
Trivellona''
Iredale, 1931
** ''
Trivia
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Broderip, 1837
** ''
Triviella''
Jousseaume, 1884
** ''
Trivirostra''
Jousseaume 1884 Nomenclator zoologicus
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;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Austrotrivia'' Fehse, 2002: synonym of ''Ellatrivia
''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
* ''Circumscapula'' Cate, 1979: synonym of ''Niveria
''Niveria'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveria'' include:
* †'' Niveria angliae'' (S. V. Wood, 1848)
* †'' Nive ...
'' Jousseaume, 1884
* ''Decoriatrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of ''Dolichupis
''Dolichupis'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
'' Iredale, 1930
* ''Discotrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of ''Pseudopusula
''Pseudopusula'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.Bouchet, P. (2015). Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
'' Fehse & Grego, 2014
* ''Fossatrivia'' Schilder, 1939: synonym of ''Ellatrivia
''Ellatrivia'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae
Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea of the order Littorinimorpha ...
'' Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
* ''Galeatrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Triviella'' Jousseaume, 1884
* ''Nototrivia'' Schilder, 1939 †: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Pseudotrivia'' Schilder, 1936: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* Tribe ''Pusulini'' Schilder, 1936: synonym of ''Triviinae
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 ...
'' Troschel, 1863
* ''Robertotrivia'' Cate, 1979: synonym of '' Trivellona'' Iredale, 1931
* ''Sulcotrivia'' Schilder, 1933 †: synonym of ''Niveria
''Niveria'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus ''Niveria'' include:
* †'' Niveria angliae'' (S. V. Wood, 1848)
* †'' Nive ...
'' Jousseaume, 1884
* Tribe ''Triviellini'' Schilder, 1939: synonym of ''Triviinae
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 ...
'' Troschel, 1863
References
Further reading
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10:1–126
* Glen Pownall, ''New Zealand Shells and Shellfish'', Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979
* Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1982. Comparative morphology of three South African Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:111–132
* Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1987. Further studies on the morphology of the Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with emphasis on species from southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:207–254
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Dolin, L. 2001. Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona. In: P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185:201–241.
* Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . 397 pp.
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