Species Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Triviella merces Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [257, pl. 35, figs. 16, 17].
• Cypraea australis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [404] [junior homonym; not Cypraea australis Schroter, 1804].
• Cypraea rosea Potiez, V.L.V. & Michaud, A.L.G. 1838. Galerie des mollusques ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des Mollusques et Coquilles du Muséum de Douai. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 1 560 pp. [477] [invalid and preoccupied].
• Triviella merces Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [257].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.73521 dry, Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia [37°4'58.8"S, 149°54'0"E].
• Triviella memorata Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [395, pl. 21, fig. 73].
• Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, M.K. 1927. Some New Zealand molluscs. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 17: 186, figs 1-6 [186, figs. 3, 4].
• Ellatrivia (merces) addenda Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [221,].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.73522 4 shells, Australia, New South Wales, Off Twofold Bay [37° 05' 00" S, 150° 00' 00" E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fehse, D. & Grego, J. 2010. Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya August 2010: 21-61

Generic Combinations

• Trivia (Ellatrivia) merces addenda (Iredale, 1931). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [210]
• Ellatrivia (merces) addenda (Iredale, 1931). —
  Cate, C.N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10: 1-126 [50]
• Ellatrivia merces merces (Iredale, 1924).
• Niveria (Ellatrivia) merces merces (Iredale, 1924). —
  Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2 85: 1-246 [19]
• Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924). —
  Allan, J. 1956. Cowry Shells of World Seas. Melbourne : Georgian House 170 pp. [153, pl. 15, figs. 17, 18]
• Trivia (Ellatrivia) merces (Iredale, 1924). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [210]
• Niveria (Ellatrivia) merces (Iredale, 1924).
• Trivia (Ellatrivia) merces merces (Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963).
• Trivia (Ellatrivia) merces (Iredale, 1924).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Niveria (Ellatrivia) merces Iredale, 1924.
• Trivia (Ellatrivia) merces merces Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Cate, C.N. 1979. A review of the Triviidae. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 10: 1-126 [50]

Fehse, D. & Grego, J. 2010. Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus Ellatrivia Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Visaya August 2010: 21-61 [28-31]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [58]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [210, text fig.; pl. 24, fig 32]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [132, fig. 6b] (Common Southern Bean Cowry)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [120, pl. 121] (Australian Bean Cowry)

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