Niveria macaeica
| Niveria macaeica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Niveria |
| Species: | N. macaeica |
| Binomial name | |
| Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005)[1] | |
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Niveria macaeica is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 12.5 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 150 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 150 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.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Niveria macaeica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494119 on 2015-02-12
- ^ a b c 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.
- Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XX. A new species from the genus Niveria Jousseaume 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 139(1):23-33