Triviella millardi
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 | |
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.
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shell of Triviella millardi