Ellatrivia

Ellatrivia
Shell of Ellatrivia merces (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Ellatrivia Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
Type species
Triviella merces Iredale, 1924
Synonyms
Austrotrivia Fehse, 2002 Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 ·(name unavailable (no diagnosis)) Fossatrivia Schilder, 1939 Niveria (Ellatrivia) Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 superseded rank

Ellatrivia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Nomenclature

Under Art. 13.1 of the ICZN Code, the name Ellatrivia Iredale (1931) is not available because Iredale did not provide a description.

Species

Species within the genus Ellatrivia include:

• † Ellatrivia aequiflora (Laws, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia antipodum F. A. Schilder, 1935
• Ellatrivia bipunctata (Odhner, 1917)
• Ellatrivia caelatura (Hedley, 1918)
• † Ellatrivia columellaris (F. A. Schilder, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia constricta (F. A. Schilder, 1941)
• † Ellatrivia crassicostata F. A. Schilder, 1935
• Ellatrivia cydarum (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• Ellatrivia detavorai Fehse & Grego, 2010
• Ellatrivia exmouthensis (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• † Ellatrivia goudeyi Fehse & Grego, 2012
• † Ellatrivia iredalei F. A. Schilder, 1935
• † Ellatrivia kaiparaensis Laws, 1939
• Ellatrivia longisulcata F. A. Schilder
• Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
• † Ellatrivia minima (Tenison Woods, 1879)
• Ellatrivia oryzoidea (Iredale, 1935)
• † Ellatrivia torquayensis F. A. Schilder, 1935
• † Ellatrivia zealandica (Kirk, 1882)

Species brought into synonymy

• Ellatrivia memorata (Finlay, 1926): synonym of Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
• † Ellatrivia wirrata Ludbrook, 1941: synonym of † Trivellona wirrata (Ludbrook, 1941) (superseded combination)

Further reading

• Cotton, B. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part 3. The South Australian Naturalist 13: 35–86, plates 1–4.
• Fehse D. (2002) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903. Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3-48.
• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya 3(1):21-61