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Trivia (Cleotrivia) rubescens Gray, 1833

trivia, Trivia

Length: 8 mm; diameter: 5 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth). This shell is pale brown.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Velutinoidea

Family
Triviidae

Genus
Trivia (Cleotrivia)

Species
rubescens

Taxon category: Accepted

ANSP: 77490, 147318, 153232, BMNH: 1975637/ 1 (Lectotype), 1975637/2-6 (Paralectotypes)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Tres Marias islands, Mexico, to the Galapagos islands (Keen, 1971).

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Trivia (Cleotrivia) rubescens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9971. Accessed 30 October 2026.