Trivia (genus)
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Trivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias.
These are known in Britain as "cowries". The shells do superficially resemble those of small ribbed cowries, but Trivia species are not very closely related to true cowries.
The genus Trivia has recently been split into many genera, including Cleotrivia, Niveria, Pusula, Trivirostra etc, but this information is not yet shown in the species list below.
[edit] Shell description
Shells of this genus are mostly small, oval or rounded, of cowry-shape, with the outer lip incurved to form a narrow denticulate aperture.
The sculpture is of transverse ribs which are sometimes interrupted by a dorsal groove.
[edit] Species within the genus Trivia
- Trivia antillarum Schilder, 1922 - Antilles trivia
- Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799) - Unspotted cowrie/Grotted-Buckie
- Trivia californiana (Gray, 1827) - California trivia
- Trivia candidula Gaskoin, 1835 - Little white trivia
- Trivia maltbiana Schwengel and McGinty, 1942
- Trivia merces (Iredale 1924) - New Zealand cowry
- Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778) - Spotted cowrie
- Trivia multilirata (Sowerby, 1870)
- Trivia nix (Schilder, 1922) - Snowy trivia
- Trivia pediculus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Coffeebean trivia
- Trivia quadripunctata (Gray, 1827) - Four-spot trivia
- Trivia ritteri Raymond, 1903
- Trivia solandri (Sowerby, 1832) - Solander's trivia
- Trivia suffusa (Gray, 1832) - Pink trivia
The species Trivia arctica, candidula, monacha and multirilata are present in the seas around Europe.
[edit] References
- Trivia (TSN 73178). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8
- Sea Slug Forum [1]
- Malacolog list of western Atlantic species [2]
