Triviella millardi
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| Triviella millardi West coast baby's toes | |
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| Triviella millardi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Triviella |
| Species: | T. millardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Triviella millardi (Cate, 1979) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trivia millardi (Cate, 1979) | |
Triviella millardi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the trivias.
Distribution
This snail is known around the South African coast from Port Nolloth to the Cape Peninsula in 10-30 m. It is endemic to that area.[1]
Description
Triviella millardi has a plump round white shell, which is usually completely covered with the yellowish mantle, which is variably streaked with white or may have dark spots.[2] It reaches a maximum size of 40 mm.
Ecology
The white-streaked form of this animal resembles the scribbled nudibranch, Doriopsilla miniata, which may cause fish predators to avoid it.
shell of Triviella millardi
References
- ↑ LILTVED W.R. 2000. Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa ISBN 0-908420-89-7
- ↑ BRANCH, G.M., BRANCH, M.L, GRIFFITHS, C.L. and BECKLEY, L.E (2005): Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 0-86486-672-0
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