Cleotrivia pilula Kiener 1843 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea pilula, Niveria (Cleotrivia) pilula, Niveria pilula, Trivia (Cleotrivia) pilula, Trivia pilula

Full reference: L. C. Kiener. 1843. Species generate et Iconographie des coquilles vivants, 1. Genre Cypraea 1-186

Belongs to Cleotrivia according to D. Fehse and B. Landau 2002

See also Cate 1979, Iredale 1930, Kiener 1843, Nomura and Zinbo 1934, Okutaini 2000 and Todd 2001

Sister taxa: Cleotrivia esteponica, Cleotrivia javana, Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa, Niveria (Cleotrivia) occidentalis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kikai Island, Kamikatetsu, reef molluscs (Quaternary of Japan)

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