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Niveria floridana
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By MikeR
Taxonomy
False Cowrie
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca Cuvier, 1797
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier 1797
Order: Littorinimorph
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Niveria
Species: Niveria floridana
Author Citation (Olsson & Harbinson, 1953)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Piacenzian
Stratigraphy
Tamiami Formation
Pinecrest Sand Member
Provenance
Collector: Michael Reagin
Date Collected: 11/09/2013
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 11 mm
Location
SMR Phase 10 pit
Sarasota County
Florida
United States
Comments
Niveria floridana was named by Olsson & Harbinson (1953). Although I did see someone synonymize this with the recent Niveria suffusa they did so without an explanation. N. floridana can be differentiated from N. suffusa by lacking the nodose ribs of the extant species.
Reference
Olsson, A.A., and A. Harbison. 1953 (1990 Reprint). Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida with Special Reference to Those from North Saint Petersburg, with special chapters on Turridae by W.G. Fargo and Vitinellidae and Fresh-water Mollusks by H.A. Pilsbry, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monographs 8, The Shell Museum and Educational Foundation, 457 pages, 65 plates
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