Purpurcapsula exigua
| Purpurcapsula exigua | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triviinae |
| Genus: | Purpurcapsula |
| Species: | P. exigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpurcapsula exigua is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). WoRMS (2009). Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 17 December 2010.
- - Dautzenberg, Ph.; Bouge, J.-L. (1933). Les mollusques testacés marins des établissements Français de l'Océanie. J. Conchyl. 77(2): 41-108; 145-326; 351-469
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 73
- 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): 28