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The shell is glossy and lemon-shaped, with 20-30 transverse ridges. The upper part of the shell is a uniform very pale brown in color; there are no pigment spots present on the shell, but sometimes there are dots on the
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In the
British Isles the shells are known as "cowries", except in Caithness, Orkney and Shetland where they are called
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601:"Antlers, bone pins and flint blades: The mesolithic cemeteries of Teviec and Hoedic, Brittany. - Free Online Library"
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that secretes acid when disturbed. It has been suggested that the bright colour of the mantel is intended to
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in northwestern France, dating back to c. 5000–7000 BC. They are some of the earliest
European examples of
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differentiating the two. It is now known that the larvae of the two species are readily distinguishable.
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from the tropics, the two species are not closely related. However, these shells are sometimes called
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shells used in necklaces and ornaments, for the most part associated with male skeletons. While the
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The shell length is up to a maximum of about 10 mm and a width of about 8 mm.
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were considered to be two forms of the same species until 1925, when
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This species usually lives below low tide, in other words is
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The larvae have a light stomach and intestine. In the
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Large amount of trivia shell ornaments consisting of
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479:in the British Isles, but are more widely known as
665:Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe
641:Sabella.mba.ac.uk : The_British_species of
242:and it often occurs in the same areas. The name
471:genus superficially resembles the true ribbed
355:This snail lives among and feeds on compound
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236:, the trivias. This is a similar species to
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667:, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996,
408:Proceedings of the Malacological Society
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660:, Proc. Malac. Soc. 1925, pp;. 195-198
438:Use as ornaments during the Stone age
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571:"Acid-Secretion in British Cowries"
387:Note on differentiating the species
274:. It is more common in the north.
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501:specimen to the left of the skull
365:. They often occur together with
663:P.J. Wayward & J.S. Ryland,
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513:Skeletons with trivia ornaments
495:Note the existence of a single
569:Thompson, T. E. (April 1961).
525:Skeletons with trivia ornament
426:himself mentioned two kinds:
285:the shell is referred to as a
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343:stage they have a four-lobed
258:This species occurs from the
956:Gastropods described in 1799
589:– via Oxford Academic.
575:Journal of Molluscan Studies
246:means "common" and the word
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405:published a paper in the
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41:Scientific classification
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452:have been excavated in
250:means "of the arctic".
895:Paleobiology Database
324:is covered with many
547:. Scillonian History
362:Botryllus schlosseri
332:have denticles. The
16:Species of gastropod
656:Peile, A.J., 1925,
336:is flat and broad.
625:Arkive.org :
545:"Local Dictionary"
403:Alfred James Peile
375:is one of several
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882:Open Tree of Life
684:Taxon identifiers
498:Monetaria annulus
383:of this defence.
260:Mediterranean Sea
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314:of the animal.
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283:Isles of Scilly
279:Groatie Buckies
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209:northern cowrie
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142:T. arctica
108:Littorinimorpha
98:Caenogastropoda
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908:SeaLifeBase
791:iNaturalist
585:26 February
377:Cypraeoides
351:Life habits
305:Description
299:sublittoral
945:Categories
651:T. monacha
647:T. arctica
531:References
373:T. arctica
94:Subclass:
88:Gastropoda
951:Triviidae
454:Stone Age
357:ascidians
266:north of
234:Triviidae
224:gastropod
217:sea snail
215:of small
136:Species:
118:Triviidae
64:Kingdom:
58:Eukaryota
809:10859106
715:BioLib:
707:Q3016826
701:Wikidata
645: :
551:25 April
424:Linnaeus
416:Linnaean
326:papillae
268:Scotland
211:, is a
177:Synonyms
168:Pulteney
114:Family:
78:Mollusca
74:Phylum:
68:Animalia
54:Domain:
887:2893784
848:2268715
783:5192808
611:19 June
477:cowries
473:cowries
457:burials
341:veliger
293:Habitat
262:to the
248:arctica
229:in the
227:mollusc
213:species
193:, 1894)
170:, 1799)
124:Genus:
104:Order:
84:Class:
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900:341886
874:141741
796:461776
757:503390
731:642780
718:307996
671:
643:Trivia
469:trivia
461:Téviec
330:radula
322:mantle
312:mantle
272:Norway
264:Orkney
244:Trivia
231:family
221:marine
207:, the
191:Locard
129:Trivia
921:WoRMS
861:20078
822:73181
804:IRMNG
770:61741
765:EUNIS
744:595W8
649:_and
418:name
391:Both
345:velum
334:penis
913:5013
869:OBIS
843:NCBI
817:ITIS
778:GBIF
726:BOLD
669:ISBN
613:2012
587:2024
553:2011
446:and
430:and
414:The
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