Niveria suffusa

Niveria suffusa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Niveria suffusa
Niveria suffusa shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
Family:
Triviidae
Subfamily:
Triviinae
Genus:
Niveria
Species:
N. suffusa
Binomial name
Niveria suffusa
(Gray, 1827)

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 12 mm (0.47 in).[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m (1,722 ft).[2]

References
  1. Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827). WoRMS (2010). Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419747 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. 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.


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