Triviidae (Trivia family) (6434746165)

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Description: Top Row: 1. Trivia solandri Cabo Tepoca, Sonora, Mexico 2. Trivia europa Sangenjo, Spain (north of Portugal) 3. Trivia pacifica Pedro Gonzales Island, Las Perlas Islands, Panama September, 1976 4. Trivirostra oryza [syn. Trivia oryza] Off Hooks Reef, Queensland, Australia March, 1970 5. Triviella ovulata [syn. Trivia ovulata] Jeffreys Bay, South Africa Middle Row: 6. Trivia monacha [syn. Trivia acuminata] Almería, Spain 7. Trivia pediculus Espírito Santo, Brazil January, 1976 8. Trivia sanguinea Pedro Gonzales Island, Las Perlas, Panama April, 1976 9. Trivia rubescens Bandera Bay, Nayarit, Mexico 10. Trivirostra hordacea [syn. Trivia hordacea] Chun's Reef, Oʻahu, USA October, 1981 (beach collected) Bottom Row: 11. Trivia californiana Cabo Tecopa, Sonora, Mexico 12. Trivia merces Browns Beach, South Australia 13. Trivirostra pellucidula [syn. Trivia pellucidula] Koniya, Amami Islands (south of Japan) 14. Trivia quadripunctata Marathon, Florida, USA 15. Trivia myrae Manzanillo, West Mexico NOTE: I have not collected live shells since the mid-1970's. I believe that the animal itself is much more valuable alive than destroyed for its shell. It is for this reason that I will now only collect beach/forest shells from deceased specimens. Date: 30 November 2011, 11:16. Source: Triviidae (Trivia family) Uploaded by Tim1357. Author: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA. Camera location21° 24′ 01.78″ N, 157° 58′ 20.27″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 21.400495; -157.972297.