Coffee bean trivia
Niveria pediculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Description:
A small oval shell with a central slit-like opening along the underside. A central groove along the upper side, opposite the opening, and ribs from this groove toward the opening. Along the groove are three dark spots on either side. The mantle of the living animal may be folded over the shell, thus obscuring it. The color of the living animal is red to yellow.
Size: usually up to 3 cm.

Habitat:
Around reefs and under rocks.
Depth: ranges from 0 m down to 25 m.

Distribution:
Common all over the Caribbean.

Remarks:
In most countries it is illegal to bring back these shells from holidays.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Prosobranchia
Genus Niveria
Species Niveria pediculus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Coffee bean trivia [English]
Koffieboontje [Dutch]
Cypraea pediculus Linné, 1758
Cypraea oniscus Röding, 1798
Cypraea sulcata Dillwyn, 1817
Trivia suffusa auct. non Gray, 1832
Cypraea pullata Sowerby, 1870
Trivia permagna Johnson, 1910
Cypraea restituta Sullioti, 1922
Trivia gamma Mestayer, 1927
Trivia incerta Tucker & Wilson, 1932

Humann, P., 1992. Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas, (ed. N. Deloach). New World Publications, Inc., Paramount Miller Graphics, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida.

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