Ellatrivia merces
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| Ellatrivia merces | |
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| Beachworn shells of Ellatrivia merces, with sand grains trapped in the aperture | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Genus: | Ellatrivia |
| Species: | E. merces
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| Binomial name | |
| Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
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Ellatrivia merces is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the trivias.[1]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Tasman Sea.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2010). Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527011 on 2012-07-03
- Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 185–190.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- 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. page(s): 25
- Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61
External links[edit]
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