- Niveria suffusa
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Niveria suffusa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Velutinoidea Family: Triviidae Subfamily: Triviinae Genus: Niveria Species: N. suffusa Binomial name Niveria suffusa
(Gray, 1827)Niveria suffusa is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
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Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 12 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 525 m.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c 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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