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Trivia (Trivia) europaea

Gastropoda - Triviidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea europaea was named by Montfort (1808). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trivia (Trivia) europaea by Cate (1979); it was recombined as Trivia europaea by Broderip (1837), Wood (1842), Harmer et al. (1925), Fehse and Grego (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. sanguinea, T. dimitoaffinis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Cypraea europaea Montfort p. 88
1811Cypraea coccinella Lamarck
1837Trivia europaea Broderip
1842Trivia europaea Wood
1848Cypraea europaea Wood p. 17
1887Trivia jousseaumei Locard p. 93
1925Trivia europaea Harmer et al. p. 507
1979Trivia (Trivia) europaea Cate p. 8
2006Trivia europaea Fehse and Grego p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTriviidaeTroschel 1863
subfamilyTriviinaeTroschel 1863
genusTriviaBroderip 1837
subgenusTriviaBroderip 1837
specieseuropaea(Montfort 1808)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Cypraea coccinella Lamarck 1811 [synonym], Trivia jousseaumei Locard 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:02:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:02:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cypraea europaea (84755)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Cyprus Trivia europaea (34689)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Cypraea europaea (84819)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Trivia europaea (127581)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Trivia europaea (127580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Trivia europaea (127592 127599 127615)