Niveria nix

Niveria nix is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Niveria nix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Velutinoidea
Family:
Triviidae
Subfamily:
Triviinae
Genus:
Niveria
Species:
N. nix
Binomial name
Niveria nix
(Schilder, 1922)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 116 m.[2]

References
  1. Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). WoRMS (2010). Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419745 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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