Ellatrivia merces Facts for Kids

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Beachworn shells of Ellatrivia merces, with sand grains trapped in the aperture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Genus:	Ellatrivia
Species:	E. merces
Binomial name
*Ellatrivia merces* (Iredale, 1924)
Synonyms
Cypraea australis Lamarck, 1822 Ellatrivia memorata (Finlay, 1927) Ellatrivia merces addenda Iredale, 1931 (Unavailable name - nomen nudum) Trivia merces (Iredale, 1924) Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927 Triviella memorata Finlay, 1927 Triviella merces Iredale, 1924 Trivellona excelsa Iredale, 1931

Ellatrivia merces is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Triviidae, the trivias.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Tasman Sea.

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