Niveria suffusa (J. E. Gray 1827)

Description: Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827) - apical view of a suffuse trivia snail shell. Family Triviidae - trivias generally have a cowry-like shell shape, with the shell’s spire covered as a result of sub-planispiral coiling. Unlike cowries, which have a smooth glossy adapertural shell surface, trivias have prominently ridged and grooved shell surfaces. Trivias prey on tunicates and some octocorals. Date: 8 March 2011, 20:01. Source: Niveria suffusa (suffuse trivia snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 3. Author: James St. John.

Description: Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827) - umbilical view of a suffuse trivia snail shell. Family Triviidae - trivias generally have a cowry-like shell shape, with the shell’s spire covered as a result of sub-planispiral coiling. Unlike cowries, which have a smooth glossy adapertural shell surface, trivias have prominently ridged and grooved shell surfaces. Trivias prey on tunicates and some octocorals. Date: 8 March 2011, 20:00. Source: Niveria suffusa (suffuse trivia snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 4. Author: James St. John.

Description: Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827) - abapertural view of a suffuse trivia snail shell, 0.95 cm tall. Family Triviidae - trivias generally have a cowry-like shell shape, with the shell’s spire covered as a result of sub-planispiral coiling. Unlike cowries, which have a smooth glossy adapertural shell surface, trivias have prominently ridged and grooved shell surfaces. Trivias prey on tunicates and some octocorals. Date: 8 March 2011, 19:59. Source: Niveria suffusa (suffuse trivia snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.

Description: Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827) - apertural view of a suffuse trivia snail shell, 0.95 cm tall. Family Triviidae - trivias generally have a cowry-like shell shape, with the shell’s spire covered as a result of sub-planispiral coiling. Unlike cowries, which have a smooth glossy adapertural shell surface, trivias have prominently ridged and grooved shell surfaces. Trivias prey on tunicates and some octocorals. Date: 8 March 2011, 20:00. Source: Niveria suffusa (suffuse trivia snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.