WoRMS taxon details
Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
527011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527011)
accepted
Species
Cypraea australis Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Cypraea australis Schröter, 1804; renamed Triviella merces Iredale, 1924
Diaphanna nivea Petterd, 1886 · unaccepted (unused senior synonym (ICZN Art. 23.9))
Ellatrivia memorata (H. J. Finlay, 1926) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ellatrivia merces addenda Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted (Unavailable name; see Nomenclature Note)
Trivia merces (Iredale, 1924) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Triviella memorata H. J. Finlay, 1926 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Triviella merces Iredale, 1924 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
- Subspecies Ellatrivia merces addenda Iredale, 1931 accepted as Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924) (Unavailable name; see Nomenclature Note)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Triviella merces Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 257 [details]
page(s): 257 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea
type locality contained in Australian part of the Tasman Sea (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527011 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Triviella merces Iredale, 1924) Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 49(3): 179-278., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35095196
page(s): 257 [details]
original description (of Triviella memorata H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 396 [details]
original description (of Cypraea australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927) Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17(5-6): 185–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063921
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Diaphanna nivea Petterd, 1886) Petterd, W. F. (1886). New species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1885.</em> 320-321., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31752357 [details]
basis of record Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2010). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus <i>Ellatrivia</i> Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (1): 21-61, pls. 1-13. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 257 [details]
original description (of Triviella memorata H. J. Finlay, 1926) Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 396 [details]
original description (of Cypraea australis Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 404 [details]
original description (of Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927) Mestayer, M. K. (1927). Some New Zealand molluscs (new and renamed species). <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17(5-6): 185–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063921
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Diaphanna nivea Petterd, 1886) Petterd, W. F. (1886). New species of Tasmanian marine shells. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania for 1885.</em> 320-321., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31752357 [details]
basis of record Fehse, D.; Grego, J. (2010). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae. XVI. Revision of the genus <i>Ellatrivia</i> Iredale, 1931 with the description of a new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Visaya.</em> 3 (1): 21-61, pls. 1-13. [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trivia merces (Iredale, 1924))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellatrivia merces)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924) )
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001746; Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927; holotype) (from synonym Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ellatrivia merces)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924) )
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001746; Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927; holotype) (from synonym Triviella maoriensis Mestayer, 1927)
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