Triviidae
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Triviidae is a taxonomic family
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the clade
Littorinimorpha
.
in 2005:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of small sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the clade
Clade
A clade is a group consisting of a species and all its descendants. In the terms of biological systematics, a clade is a single "branch" on the "tree of life". The idea that such a "natural group" of organisms should be grouped together and given a taxonomic name is central to biological...
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large clade of gastropods within Hypsogastropoda consisting primarily of marine species, but also aquatic and terrestrial species as well....
.
Taxonomy
The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & RocroiTaxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
in 2005:
- Eratoinae Gill, 1871
- tribe Eratoini Gill, 1871
- † tribe Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939
- † tribe Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
- Triviinae Troschel, 1863
Genera
Genera within the family Triviidae include:- Subfamily Eratoinae
- CaribeginellaCaribeginellaCaribeginella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Caribeginella include:* Caribeginella flormarina Espinosa & Ortea , 1998...
Espinosa & Ortea, 1998 - Decoriatrivia Cate, 1979
- EratoErato (mollusc genus)Erato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias.The genus name is taken from the name of the Greek muse Erato.-Species:Species within the genus Erato include:...
Risso, 1826 - EratoenaEratoenaEratoena is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias. -Species:Species within the genus Eratoena include : * Eratoena capensis * Eratoena corrugata...
Iredale, 1935 - HespereratoHespereratoHespererato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Hespererato include:* Hespererato maugeriae...
Schilder, 1932 - ProteratoProteratoProterato is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Proterato include:* Proterato rehderi Raines, 2002Synonymized species :...
Schilder, 1927 - Robertotrivia Cate, 1979 : synonym of TrivellonaTrivellonaTrivellona is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Trivellona include:* Trivellona abyssicola...
Iredale, 1931
- Caribeginella
- Subfamily Triviinae
- CleotriviaCleotriviaCleotrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Cleotrivia include:* Cleotrivia antillarum...
Iredale, 1930 - DolichupisDolichupisDolichupis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Dolichupis include:* Dolichupis derkai Fehse & Grego, 2002...
Iredale, 1930 - Ellatrivia Schilder, 1939
- NiveriaNiveriaNiveria is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Niveria include:* Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005...
JousseaumeFélix Pierre JousseaumeFélix Pierre Jousseaume was a French zoologist and malacologist. He studied medicine in Paris where he then practised. His thesis was Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme...
, 1884 - PurpurcapsulaPurpurcapsulaPurpurcapsula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Purpurcapsula include:* Purpurcapsula bayeri...
Fehse & Grego, 2009 - PusulaPusulaPusula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Pusula include:* Pusula bermontiana * Pusula candida...
JousseaumeFélix Pierre JousseaumeFélix Pierre Jousseaume was a French zoologist and malacologist. He studied medicine in Paris where he then practised. His thesis was Des Végétaux parasites de l'Homme...
, 1884 - SemitriviaSemitriviaSemitrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Semitrivia include:* Semitrivia tsuchidai Fehse, 2002...
Cossmann, 1903 - TrivellonaTrivellonaTrivellona is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Trivellona include:* Trivellona abyssicola...
Iredale, 1931 - TriviaTrivia (genus)Trivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias. These are known in Britain as "cowries"...
Broderip, 1837 - TriviellaTriviellaTriviella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the trivias. -Species:According to the World Register of Marine Species , the genus Triviella contains the following species...
Jousseaume, 1884 - TrivirostraTrivirostraTrivirostra is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.-Species:Species within the genus Trivirostra include:* Trivirostra akroterion...
Jousseaume 1884
- Cleotrivia
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1 - Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10:1–126
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 085467-054-8
- Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1982. Comparative morphology of three South African Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:111–132
- Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1987. Further studies on the morphology of the Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with emphasis on species from southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:207–254
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Dolin, L. 2001. Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona. In: P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185:201–241.
- Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.