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Trivellona catei

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Trivellona catei
Shell of Trivellona catei (paratype 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. catei
Binomial name
Trivellona catei
Grego & Fehse, 2004[1]

Trivellona catei 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 11 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia

References

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  1. ^ Grego & Fehse. 2004. Contribution to the Knowledge of the Triviidae. IX. Revision of the genus Trivellona. (Ed. Grego & Fehse), Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Trivellona catei Grego & Fehse, 2004. WoRMS (2009). Trivellona catei Grego & Fehse, 2004. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396071 on 9 July 2010 .