Trivirostra hyalina
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| Shell of Trivirostra hyalina (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Trivirostra |
| Species: | T. hyalina
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Trivirostra hyalina is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias. They are white in colour.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 4 mm. Individuals can grow up to 5.5 mm in length.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Oceania.[2] In Australia, they were found in New South Wales and Western Australia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Trivirostra hyalina Schilder, 1933". www.marinespecies.org.
- ^ a b c "Trivirostra hyalina Schilder 1933 - Encyclopedia of Life".
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Biodiversity.
- 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. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus Purpurcapsula and a new species in the genus Trivirostra Jousseaume, 1884. Visaya 2(5): 18–79,