Re: Trivia californica vs Trivia solandri

December 5, 2006
From: Dave Behrens

Concerning message #18710:

Dear Kevin:
You are absolutely correct. Trivia solandri has a clear area at the top of the shell.

And Bill:
The classic work Marine Shells of Southern California by James McLean (1978) clearly presents the shells of both species and uses the earliest name Trivia californiana (Gray, 1827). Trivia californica (Sowerby 1832) is a later synonym, not a different species.

Dave Behrens

dave@seachalengers.com

Behrens, D.W., 2006 (Dec 5) Re: Trivia californica vs Trivia solandri. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18907

Dear Dave,
Thanks for clearing that up - so we should be calling it T. californiana not T. californica.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 5). Comment on Re: Trivia californica vs Trivia solandri by Dave Behrens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18907

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