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Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778)
Trivia monacha belongs to the family Triviidae.This snails are food specialists, feeding on sea squirts (Ascidiae-Botryllus schlosseri, Botrylloides leachii and Diplosoma listerianum).
Trivia monacha lives mainly in shallow waters on hard ground, but is also found in deep sea.The shell is similar in form to cowries.
Trivia monacha are 3 points on the shell.Head, tentacles, mantle and foot of Trivia monacha are bright yellow to red, sometimes green.
Distribution area from the Mediterranean to Norway.
Synonymised names
Cypraea coccinella Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea var. tripunctata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 · unaccepted
Cypraea monacha da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trivia europaea (Montagu, 1808) · unaccepted
Trivia jousseaumei Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Trivia merlini Fehse & Van de Haar, 2015 · unaccepted
Trivia procella C. N. Cate, 1979 · unaccepted
Trivia monacha belongs to the family Triviidae.This snails are food specialists, feeding on sea squirts (Ascidiae-Botryllus schlosseri, Botrylloides leachii and Diplosoma listerianum).
Trivia monacha lives mainly in shallow waters on hard ground, but is also found in deep sea.The shell is similar in form to cowries.
Trivia monacha are 3 points on the shell.Head, tentacles, mantle and foot of Trivia monacha are bright yellow to red, sometimes green.
Distribution area from the Mediterranean to Norway.
Synonymised names
Cypraea coccinella Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea Montagu, 1808 · unaccepted
Cypraea europaea var. tripunctata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883 · unaccepted
Cypraea monacha da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (original combination)
Trivia europaea (Montagu, 1808) · unaccepted
Trivia jousseaumei Locard, 1886 · unaccepted
Trivia merlini Fehse & Van de Haar, 2015 · unaccepted
Trivia procella C. N. Cate, 1979 · unaccepted