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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Triviinae

Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922)


Range: 34°N to 4°S; 92.11°W to 41°W
Depth: 5 to 116 m (live 15 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11.5  mm

Synonymy

Cypraea nivea Sowerby I, 1832
Trivia nix Schilder, 1922
Pusula nix (Schilder, 1922) 
Niveria aquatanica Cate, 1979
Pseudotrivia dumaliensis Cate, 1979

Details


Trivia nix Schilder, 1922, p. 103, 111
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 34°N to 4°S; 92.11°W to 41°W
Depth: 15 to 116 m (live 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 11.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Amapa, Ceara
References: Usticke (1959) M; Porter (1974) DN; Britton (1975) {W}; Princz (1982a); Díaz et al. (1990) dLl; Fernández Milera (1998); Fehse & Grego (2005); E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) W; García (2007b)
Comments: New name for Cypraea nivea Sowerby I, 1832, non Röding, 1798, nec Dillwyn, 1817.
Combining Genera:  Pusula

Niveria (Cleotrivia) aquatanica Cate, 1979, p. 67, fig. 78
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bulalacao, Mindoro, Philippines, 12°31'N, 121°26'E [In error, Western Atlantic fide Dolin (2001:212)]
Maximum Reported Size: 11.2 mm
References: Cate (1979) M; Dolin (2001) s

Pseudotrivia dumaliensis Cate, 1979, p. 40, fig. 42
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Dumali Point, E Mindoro Island, Central Philippines, 13°07'N, 121°33'E [In error, Western Atlantic fide Dolin (2001:212)]
Maximum Reported Size: 10.2 mm
References: Cate (1979) M; Dolin (2001) s

Cypraea nivea Sowerby I, 1832b,  pl. 7, fig. 38*
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gray MS
Type Locality: Not stated
Depth: 5 m
References: Rios (1985) s


Partial List of References

Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) San Diego Society of Natural History Memoir 10 126 pp. [Stated date: 20 Jun 1979.]
Schilder, F. A. 1922. Contributions to the knowledge of the genera Cypraea and Trivia Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15 98-122. [Stated date: -- Dec 1922.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1832. Cypraea Conchological Illustrations pl. 7 G. B. Sowerby: London. [True date: 09 Nov 1832.]

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