Gregoia vitrosphaera

Gregoia vitrosphaera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[2]

Gregoia vitrosphaera
Shell of Gregoia vitrosphaera (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Gregoia
Species:
G. vitrosphaera
Binomial name
Gregoia vitrosphaera
(Dolin, 2001)[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea

References

  1. Dolin (2001). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 185 :201-241 (2001). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Gregoia vitrosphaera (Dolin, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1030836 on 2018-12-25
  • Dolin, L. (2001). Les Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) de l'Indo-Pacifique: Révision des genres Trivia, Dolichupis et Trivellona = Indo-Pacific Triviidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda): Revision of Trivia, Dolichupis and Trivellona. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 201-241
  • Fehse D. (2017). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XXIX-M. New Triviidae from the New Caledonia and comments on Dolin's (2001) 'Les Triviidae de l'Indo-Pacifique'. Visaya. suppl. 8: 150-238


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