Ellatrivia

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Ellatrivia
Shell of Ellatrivia merces (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Ellatrivia
Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
Type species
Triviella merces Iredale, 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrotrivia Fehse, 2002
  • Fossatrivia Schilder, 1939

Ellatrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Nomenclature[edit]

Under Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code, the name Ellatrivia is not available from Iredale (1931), because he did not provide a description.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Ellatrivia include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Ellatrivia memorata (Finlay, 1926): synonym of Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527003 on 2020-10-30
  • Cotton, B. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 3. The South Australian Naturalist 13: 35–86, plates 1–4.
  • 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.
  • Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61