Trivirostra hyalina
Shell of Trivirostra hyalina (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Trivirostra
Species:
T. hyalina
Binomial name
Trivirostra hyalina
Synonyms
  • Trivirostra corrugata hyalina F. A. Schilder, 1933
  • Trivirostra exigua hyalina F. A. Schilder, 1933 (original combination)

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

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines

References

  1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Trivirostra hyalina Schilder, 1933". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. ↑ "Trivirostra hyalina Schilder 1933 - Encyclopedia of Life".
  • 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,
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