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species
Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Littorinimorpha » family Triviidae » genus Niveria - Ribbed-cowries
ID: 1605877
pID: 587299
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2021-03-18 17:20:52 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-18 17:20:53
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1605877/
Text function: [[t:1605877;<em>Niveria suffusa</em>]]
[[t:1605877;<em>Niveria suffusa</em>]] (Gray, 1827)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1605877/"><em>Niveria suffusa</em></a>
pID: 587299
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2021-03-18 17:20:52 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-18 17:20:53
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1605877/
Text function: [[t:1605877;<em>Niveria suffusa</em>]]
[[t:1605877;<em>Niveria suffusa</em>]] (Gray, 1827)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1605877/"><em>Niveria suffusa</em></a>
Images
Author: Fehse, D. & Grego, J.
Author: Tunnell et al.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: United States of America (Florida, Texas), South America: Brazil, Caribbean, French Guiana
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 112381
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2021-11-11 17:10:40 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1605877,textblock=112381,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 112381
Text Type: 1
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Created: 2021-11-11 17:10:40 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Pink Trivia
Distribution: Florida, Texas; West Indies to Brazil. Size: 6 to 12 mm
Description: Color bright pink with suffused mottlings of brown, aperture whitish-rose; shape elongate-globose; sculpture of somewhat numerous interrupted ribs that create a distinct furrow at midregion of the dorsal surface of shell; aperture long, narrow; rostrate canals at both ends; labrum and columella rolled inward; anomphalous.
Habitat: On rocks associated with tunicates. In Texas found at FGB and Stetson Bank. Depth range 0 to 525 m (1722 ft).
Remarks: N. suffusa lay their eggs in walls of tunicates. See Andrews (1977). Synonym: Trivia suffusa (Gray, 1827).
Distribution: Florida, Texas; West Indies to Brazil. Size: 6 to 12 mm
Description: Color bright pink with suffused mottlings of brown, aperture whitish-rose; shape elongate-globose; sculpture of somewhat numerous interrupted ribs that create a distinct furrow at midregion of the dorsal surface of shell; aperture long, narrow; rostrate canals at both ends; labrum and columella rolled inward; anomphalous.
Habitat: On rocks associated with tunicates. In Texas found at FGB and Stetson Bank. Depth range 0 to 525 m (1722 ft).
Remarks: N. suffusa lay their eggs in walls of tunicates. See Andrews (1977). Synonym: Trivia suffusa (Gray, 1827).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Niveria suffusa Gray, 1832]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013