Niveria

Niveria is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.^[2]

Niveria
Niveria suffusa shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Niveria Jousseaume, 1884[1]
Type species
Cypraea nivea Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms[2]
Circumscapula Cate, 1979 † Sulcotrivia Schilder, 1933

Species

Species within the genus Niveria include:

• † Niveria angliae (S. V. Wood, 1848)
• † Niveria avellana (J. de C. Sowerby, 1822)
• Niveria bieleri Fehse & Grego, 2016
• Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005^[3]
• † Niveria callosa Fehse, 2021
• † Niveria cylindriclementi Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
• † Niveria dimidiatoaffinis (Sacco, 1894)
• † Niveria excoccinella (Sacco, 1894)
• Niveria guyana Fehse, 2016
• Niveria harriettae Fehse & Grego, 2010^[4]
• † Niveria intuscrenata (Cossmann & Pissarro, 1905)
• Niveria lathyrus (Blainville, 1826)
• † Niveria ledoni Fehse & Vicián, 2020
• Niveria liltvedi (Gofas, 1984)
• Niveria macaeica (Fehse & Grego, 2005)^[5]
• Niveria maltbiana (Schwengel & McGinty, 1942)
• Niveria maugeriae (Sowerby, 1832)
• † Niveria miocarinata Fehse & Vicián, 2020
• Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922)^[6]
• † Niveria novosperara Fehse, 2021
• Niveria pacifica (Sowerby, 1832)
• † Niveria peyreirensis (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1922)
• † Niveria pseudoavellana (Sacco, 1894)
• Niveria pullata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Niveria quadripunctata (Gray, 1827)^[7]
• Niveria simonei Fehse, 2016
• Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827)^[8]
• Niveria werneri Fehse, 1999^[9]
• Niveria xishaensis Ma, 1997

Species brought into synonymy

• Niveria aquatanica Cate, 1979: synonym of Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922)
• Niveria campus (Cate, 1979): synonym of Pseudopusula campus (C. N. Cate, 1979)
• Niveria carabus (Cate, 1979): synonym of Pseudopusula sanguinea (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Niveria cherobia (Cate, 1979): synonym of Pseudopusula rubescens (J. E. Gray, 1833)
• Niveria circumdata (Schilder, 1931): synonym of Pseudopusula circumdata (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
• Niveria colettae Fehse, 1999:^[10] synonym of Cleotrivia coletteae (Fehse, 1999)
• Niveria corallina Cate, 1979 : synonym of Cleotrivia corallina (Cate, 1979)
• † Niveria dalli Petuch, 1994: synonym of † Pusula dalli (Petuch, 1994)
• Niveria dorsennus Cate, 1979: synonym of Dolichupis dorsennus (Cate, 1979)
• Niveria fusca (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula fusca (Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Niveria galapagensis (Melvill, 1900): synonym of Pseudopusula galapagensis (Melvill, 1900)
• Niveria grohorum Fehse & Grego, 2008: synonym of Trivia grohorum (Fehse & Grego, 2008)
• † Niveria incomparabilis Fehse, 2013: synonym of † Pseudopusula incomparabilis (Fehse, 2013) (original combination)
• † Niveria jozefgregoi Fehse, 2011: synonym of † Pseudopusula jozefgregoi (Fehse, 2011) (original combination)
• Niveria meridionalis Cate, 1979: synonym of Dolichupis meridionalis (Cate, 1979)
• † Niveria permagna (Johnson, 1910): synonym of † Pusula permagna (Johnson, 1910)
• Niveria problematica (Schilder, 1931): synonym of Pseudopusula problematica (F. A. Schilder, 1931)
• Niveria rubescens (Gray, 1833): synonym of Pseudopusula rubescens (J. E. Gray, 1833)
• Niveria sanguinea (Sowerby, 1832): synonym of Pseudopusula sanguinea (Sowerby, 1832)
• Niveria spongicola (Monterosato, 1923): synonym of Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923

References

1. Jousseaume F. P. (1884). Bull. Soc. zool. France 9: 100.
2. Niveria Jousseaume, 1884. Gofas, S. (2010). Niveria Jousseaume, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391519 on 18 March 2011 .
3. Niveria brasilica Fehse & Grego, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
4. Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae XX. A new species from the genus Niveria Jousseaume 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 23–33. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/139/023-033.
5. Fehse D. & Grego J. (2010). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XX. A new species from the genus Niveria Jousseaume 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 139(1): 23–33.
6. Niveria nix (Schilder, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
7. Niveria quadripunctata (Gray, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
8. Niveria suffusa (Gray, 1827). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
9. Niveria werneri Fehse, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
10. Niveria colettae Fehse, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

• Fehse D. (2002) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) V. Kritische Beurteilung der Genera und Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Semitrivia Cossmann, 1903. Acta Conchyliorum 6: 3–48. page(s): 9
• Fehse D. & Grego J. (2014). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XXVIII. Revision of the genus Pusula Jousseaume, 1884 with the description of new genera and new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Published by the authors. 144 pp.

External links

• Cate, C. N. (1979). A review of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). San Diego Society of Natural History, Memoir. 10: 1-126