Triviidae: Niveria (Cleotrivia) globosa (Sowerby, 1832) ('globose ribbed-cowrie')  

Synonym(s): globosa Sowerby, 1832 pilula Kiener, 1843 pilula Kiener, 1843 sphaerula Mighels, 1845 sphaerula Mighels, 1845 pisum Gaskoin, 1846 pisum Gaskoin, 1846 brevissima Sowerby, 1870 brevissima Sowerby, 1870 acuti-sulcata Kenyon, 1900 acutisulcata Kenyon, 1900 pisulum Schilder, 1932 fibula Standen & Leicester, 1906 bathypilula Iredale, 1935 cosmoi Dautzenberg, 1921 euclaensis Cate, 1979 pisulum Schilder, 1932 bathypilula Iredale, 1935 pilula eucalaensis Cate, 1979.

No images of this species are available yet.

Typical shell-length 7 mm.  Lives in offshore waters.  Occurs all around Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA, WA and NT); also elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. 

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