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Trivellona bealsi

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Trivellona bealsi
Shell of Trivellona bealsi (specimern at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Trivellona
Species:
T. bealsi
Binomial name
Trivellona bealsi
Rosenberg & Finley, 2001[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine specimen occurs off the Philippines.

References

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  1. ^ Rosenberg & Finley (2001). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 151 : 23-30. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Trivellona bealsi Rosenberg & Finley, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Trivellona bealsi Rosenberg & Finley, 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=458290 on 9 July 2010 .
  • 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.
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