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Gastropoda: : Velutinoidea: Triviinae

Cleotrivia leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931)


Range: 28°N to 9.75°N; 97°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Cypraea globosa auct. non Sowerby, 1832
Trivia globosa auct. non Sowerby, 1832
Trivia alba Roberts, 1885
Pusula leucosphaera Schilder, 1931
Niveria leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931) 
Dolichupis leucosphaera (Schilder, 1931) 
Niveria dorsennus Cate, 1979

Details


Pusula (Cleotrivia) leucosphaera Schilder, 1931b, p. 71, fig. 4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Florida to Barbados [restricted to Sanibel Island by Cate (1979)]
Range: 28°N to 9.75°N; 97°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Veracruz; Costa Rica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados
References: Schilder (1931b) ME; Houbrick (1968) d{S}; Cate (1979) NW; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) S; Fehse & Grego (2005) c
Comments: As leucospaera, an original misspelling, in the caption on p. 70. The record from Espirito Santo, Brazil by Oliveira & Rezende (1994) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Dolichupis Niveria

Trivia alba Roberts, 1885, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Krebs
References: Schilder (1931b) s

Niveria (Cleotrivia) dorsennus Cate, 1979, p. 56, fig. 69
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "Unknown; thought to be South Australia"
Comments: Cate's taxon, named without locality, matches specimens of Trivia leucosphaera from the Bahamas with a deep dorsal sulcus in the ANSP collection (herein, 27 March 2004).

Cypraea globosa auct. non Sowerby, 1832, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Trivia


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. 1931. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Cypraeacea (Moll. Gastr.)--IV Zoologischer Anzeiger 96 65-72. [Stated date: 15 Sep 1931; true date: pre 7 Oct.]

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