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Trivia retusa

Gastropoda - Triviidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea retusa was named by Sowerby (1823). It is extant. Its type locality is L'Aquila, Monti d'Ocre area, which is in a Cenomanian shallow subtidal rudstone in Italy.

It was recombined as Trivia (Trivia) retusa by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Trivia retusa by Wood (1842), Harmer et al. (1925) and Bouchet and Gofas (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Cypraea retusa Sowerby
1842Trivia retusa Wood
1848Cypraea retusa Wood p. 16
1925Trivia retusa Harmer et al. p. 508
1941Trivia (Trivia) retusa Schilder p. 72
2011Trivia retusa Bouchet and Gofas

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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
speciesretusa(Sowerby 1823)

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.

Trivia retusa Sowerby 1823
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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 Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cypraea retusa (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerp) Trivia retusa (179597)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cypraea retusa (84759)