Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)
Found mainly in the sublittoral, on rocky coastlines and occasionally on the lower shore.
Trivia arctica has a small thickly calcified, glossy, egg shaped shell with a length of around 10 mm and width of 8 mm. The upper surface of the shell is reddish-brown while the lower surface is flattened and white. There are no spots on the shell, although the fleshy lobes of the mantle may bear spots. The shell aperture is long and narrow. Closely spaced, thickened ridges run around the width of the shell. When the animal is active the fleshy lobes of the mantle wrap around the shell so that it is almost
The shell of Trivia arctica may be confused with that of Trivia monacha, which is slightly larger and has three dark spots down the long axis of the shell. Trivia arctica feeds on ascidians such as Botryllus schlosseri.
Text source: MarLIN
Feeds on Stolonica socialis.
Synonymised names
Bulla diaphana Montagu, 1803 (synonym)
Cypraea arctica Pulteney, 1799 (original combination)
Cypraea bullata Montagu, 1803
Cypraea europaea var. minor J. T. Marshall, 1893 (synonym)
Cypraea norvegica Sars M., 1835 (synonym)
Cypraea umbilicalis O. G. Costa, 1830
Marginella anglica Leach, 1852 (synonym)
Trivia arctica canariensis Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Trivia dorsolevigata Schilder, 1932
Trivia globulosa Locard & Caziot, 1900 (synonym)
Trivia hispania C. N. Cate, 1979
Trivia mollerati Locard, 1894
Trivia tortuga C. N. Cate, 1979
Found mainly in the sublittoral, on rocky coastlines and occasionally on the lower shore.
Trivia arctica has a small thickly calcified, glossy, egg shaped shell with a length of around 10 mm and width of 8 mm. The upper surface of the shell is reddish-brown while the lower surface is flattened and white. There are no spots on the shell, although the fleshy lobes of the mantle may bear spots. The shell aperture is long and narrow. Closely spaced, thickened ridges run around the width of the shell. When the animal is active the fleshy lobes of the mantle wrap around the shell so that it is almost
The shell of Trivia arctica may be confused with that of Trivia monacha, which is slightly larger and has three dark spots down the long axis of the shell. Trivia arctica feeds on ascidians such as Botryllus schlosseri.
Text source: MarLIN
Feeds on Stolonica socialis.
Synonymised names
Bulla diaphana Montagu, 1803 (synonym)
Cypraea arctica Pulteney, 1799 (original combination)
Cypraea bullata Montagu, 1803
Cypraea europaea var. minor J. T. Marshall, 1893 (synonym)
Cypraea norvegica Sars M., 1835 (synonym)
Cypraea umbilicalis O. G. Costa, 1830
Marginella anglica Leach, 1852 (synonym)
Trivia arctica canariensis Settepassi, 1977 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Trivia dorsolevigata Schilder, 1932
Trivia globulosa Locard & Caziot, 1900 (synonym)
Trivia hispania C. N. Cate, 1979
Trivia mollerati Locard, 1894
Trivia tortuga C. N. Cate, 1979
