Trivellona finleyi

Trivellona finleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Velutinoidea
Family: Triviidae
Subfamily: Triviinae
Genus: Trivellona
Species: T. finleyi
Binomial name
Trivellona finleyi
(Beals, 2001)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Robertotrivia finleyi Beals, 2001

Trivellona finleyi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 23 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and the Philippines

References

  1. ↑ Beals (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (298) : 20-22. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). WoRMS (2010). Trivellona finleyi (Beals, 2001). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527307 on 13 December 2010.


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