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Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)

Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)Specimen from Getares, Spain (actual size 8.6 mm).
Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)
Specimen from Getares, Spain (actual size 8.6 mm).

477358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:477358)

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Species
Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Cypraea pulex Link, 1807)
Trivia pulex (J. E. Gray, 1824) · unaccepted > junior homonym (not Cypraea pulex Link, 1807)
Trivia pullicina Mollerat, 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 239 [details] OpenAccess publication
Nomenclature Ths species has long been known under the name Trivia pulex (Gray, 1827), which cannot be used because it is a primary...  
Nomenclature Ths species has long been known under the name Trivia pulex (Gray, 1827), which cannot be used because it is a primary homonym of Cypraea pulex Link, 1807. The earlier name Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826 has not been used until 2010 but is nomenclaturally available and its identity is clearly defined from the lectotype (Arnaud, 1977) as already noted by Schilder (1930) [details]

Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use for this species the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923), despite its distribution...  
Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use for this species the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923), despite its distribution does not include the type locality of spongicola in Tunisian and Libyan waters. The correspondence of names is as follows:




Fehse & Grego, 2020Other authors
Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)
Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931)Trivia spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)
Pseudopusula problematica (Schilder, 1931)Trivia levantina Smriglio, Mariottini & Buzzurro, 1998
 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=477358 on 2026-10-08
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=477358 on 2026-10-08
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2010-05-20 17:14:10Z
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Gofas, Serge

original description (of Cypraea pulex var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883) Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls. [pp. 1-84, pls 1-10, 1882; pp. 85-196, pls 11-20, 1883; pp. 197-342, pls 21-40, 1884; pp. 343-418, pls 41-50, 1885; pp. 419-570, pls 51-66, 1886]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 368 [details] 

original description (of Trivia pullicina Mollerat, 1890) Mollerat E. (1890). Ovulidae et Cypraeidae des côtes maritimes du département du Var. <em>Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de France.</em> 7: 103-115., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16122355
page(s): 107 [details] 

original description (of Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 239 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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Nomenclature Ths species has long been known under the name Trivia pulex (Gray, 1827), which cannot be used because it is a primary homonym of Cypraea pulex Link, 1807. The earlier name Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826 has not been used until 2010 but is nomenclaturally available and its identity is clearly defined from the lectotype (Arnaud, 1977) as already noted by Schilder (1930) [details]

Synonymy Fehse & Grego (2008: p. 23, 25) considered Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923 as a synonym of Cypraea pulex but this is incompatible with its type locality in Sfax, Tunisia. [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Taxonomy Fehse & Grego (2020) use for this species the name Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923), despite its distribution does not include the type locality of spongicola in Tunisian and Libyan waters. The correspondence of names is as follows:




Fehse & Grego, 2020Other authors
Pseudopusula spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826)
Pseudopusula africana (Schilder, 1931)Trivia spongicola (Monterosato, 1923)
Pseudopusula problematica (Schilder, 1931)Trivia levantina Smriglio, Mariottini & Buzzurro, 1998
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Trivia pulex (J. E. Gray, 1824))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Trivia pullicina Mollerat, 1890)
To Malacopics (Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kerkyra, Corfu, Kanoni , bea... 
To Malacopics (Trivia mediterranea (Risso, 1826) Portugal, Açores, Graciosa, Praia, beached, colle... 
To PESI (from synonym Trivia pulex (J. E. Gray, 1824))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Trivia pullicina Mollerat, 1890)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea pulex var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea mediterranea Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Cypraea pulex J. E. Gray, 1824)
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