Trivirostra oryza   (Lamarck,  1811) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:Littorinimorpha
Family:Triviidae

Image copyrights: G. & Ph. Poppe
Description
Size: Upto 6 mm in length

Color: White

Shell small, broadly ovate; aperture almost central, outer lip with 25 denticles, columella with 17 denticles, fossula narrow protruding towards the labial wall; surface sculptured with raised transverse ribs separated by broad inter spaces, dorsal groove not interrupting the ridges, interstices minutely crenulated.

Synonym (s)
• Trivia oryza (Lamarck, 1810)
• Cypraea oryza Lamarck, 1810
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography


• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
Literature Source(s)
  • Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Subba Rao, NV and Dey, A (2000) Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Occasional paper no 187 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1-323 Available at - NCL, Pune
  • Mookherjee, HP (1985) Contributions to the Molluscan fauna of India, Part III. Marine molluscs of the Coromandel coast, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Mesogastropoda (Part-2) Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Occasional paper no. 75 ZSI, Calcutta 93 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Poppe, GT and Poppe, P (1996) Conchology, Inc. Conchology, Inc. Available at - http://www.conchology.be/en/home/home.php
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