Triviidae

Triviidae
Beachworn shells of Trivia monacha from Spain, with sand grains stuck in the apertures
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Triviidae Troschel, 1863
Genera
See text

Triviidae is a taxonomic family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Taxonomy

The following subfamilies were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi in 2005:

• Eratoinae Gill, 1871
  • tribe Eratoini Gill, 1871
  • † tribe Johnstrupiini Schilder, 1939
  • † tribe Eratotriviini Schilder, 1936
• Triviinae Troschel, 1863

Genera

Genera within the family Triviidae include:

• Subfamily Eratoinae
  • Alaerato Cate, 1977
  • Cypraeerato Schilder, 1933
  • Erato Risso, 1826
  • Eratoena Iredale, 1935
  • Hespererato Schilder, 1932
  • Lachryma Gray, 1832
  • Notoficula Thiele, 1917
  • Proterato Schilder, 1927
  • Sulcerato Finlay, 1930
• Subfamily Triviinae
  • Cleotrivia Iredale, 1930
  • Dolichupis Iredale, 1930
  • Ellatrivia Schilder, 1939
  • Niveria Jousseaume, 1884
  • Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014
  • Purpurcapsula Fehse & Grego, 2009
  • Pusula Jousseaume, 1884
  • Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903
  • Trivellona Iredale, 1931
  • Trivia Broderip, 1837
  • Triviella Jousseaume, 1884
  • Trivirostra Jousseaume 1884

Genera brought into synonymy

• Austrotrivia Fehse, 2002: synonym of Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
• Circumscapula Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria Jousseaume, 1884
• Decoriatrivia Cate, 1979: synonym of Dolichupis Iredale, 1930
• Discotrivia Cate, 1979: synonym of Pseudopusula Fehse & Grego, 2014
• Fossatrivia Schilder, 1939: synonym of Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
• Galeatrivia Cate, 1979: synonym of Triviella Jousseaume, 1884
• Nototrivia Schilder, 1939 †: synonym of Trivellona Iredale, 1931
• Pseudotrivia Schilder, 1936: synonym of Trivellona Iredale, 1931
• Tribe Pusulini Schilder, 1936: synonym of Triviinae Troschel, 1863
• Robertotrivia Cate, 1979: synonym of Trivellona Iredale, 1931
• Sulcotrivia Schilder, 1933 †: synonym of Niveria Jousseaume, 1884
• Tribe Triviellini Schilder, 1939: synonym of Triviinae Troschel, 1863

Further reading

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Cate, C. N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10:1–126
• Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
• Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1982. Comparative morphology of three South African Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 74:111–132
• Gosliner, T. M. and W. R. Liltved. 1987. Further studies on the morphology of the Triviidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) with emphasis on species from southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:207–254
• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• Dolin, L. 2001. Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona. In: P. Bouchet and B.A. Marshall (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 185:201–241.
• Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.

External links

• "Triviidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.