Niveria brasilica
| Niveria brasilica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Subfamily: | Triviinae |
| Genus: | Niveria |
| Species: | N. brasilica |
| Binomial name | |
| Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005[1] | |
Niveria brasilica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 5.9 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 33 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 33 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Fehse D. & Grego J. 2005. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. New Triviidae from Brazil. Visaya 1(3): 16-42, pls. 1-18.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005. WoRMS (2009). Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396200 on 9 July 2010.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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