Niveria nix

Short description: Species of gastropod

Niveria nix

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Triviidae
Genus:  | Niveria
Species:  |

N. nix

Binomial name
Niveria nix

(Schilder, 1922)

Niveria nix is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Description
* 3 Habitat
* 4 References

## Distribution

## Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 11.5 mm.[2]

## Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 116 m.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). WoRMS (2010). Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419745 on 9 July 2010 .
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Wikidata ☰ Q3169462 entry

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