Trivellona paucicostata is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
| Trivellona paucicostata | |
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| Shell of Trivellona paucicostata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Trivellona |
| Species: | T. paucicostata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trivellona paucicostata (Schepman, 1909) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Subspecies
- Trivellona paucicostata valerieae (Hart, 1996): synonym of Trivellona valerieae (Hart, 1996)
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines.
References
- Dolin, L. (2001). Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona = Indo-Pacific Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): Revision of Trivia, Dolichupis and Trivellona. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 201-241.
- Fehse D. & Grego J. (2004) Contribution to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. Berlin and Banska Bystrica. Published as a CD in 2004; as a book in 2009.
- 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.