Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae

Alternative combinations: Cypraea suffusa, Niveria (Niveria) suffusa, Niveria suffosa, Pusula (Niveria) suffusa, Trivia suffusa

Synonyms: Niveria (Niveria) jamaicensis Schilder 1932, Niveria (Niveria) suffusa floridana Olsson and Harbison 1953, Niveria jamaicensis Schilder 1932, Pusula (Niveria) suffusa jamaicensis Schilder 1932, Pusula jamaicensis Schilder 1932, Trivia floridana Olsson and Harbison 1953

Belongs to Niveria according to M. C. Perrilliat and P. Flores-Guerrero 2011

See also Cate 1977, Hendy et al. 2008, Jung 1971, Kittle and Portell 2010, Maury 1917 and Rosenberg 2005

Sister taxa: Niveria (Niveria), Niveria (Pseudotrivia), Niveria angliae, Niveria avellana, Niveria avellanula, Niveria dimidiata, Niveria dorsolaevigata, Niveria parvavellana, Niveria permixta, Niveria quadripunctata

Subtaxa: Trivia suffusa sanctidominici

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina)

• Pliocene of Mexico (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Grenada (1)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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