Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Velutinoidea > Family Triviidae > Genus Trivia

Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

TriviaJ. E. Gray, 1837accepted genus name
Trivia (Trivia) Gray, 1837 synonym

Species group names

Bulla diaphana Montagu, 1803 synonym
Cypraea bullata Montagu, 1803 synonym
Cypraea europaea var. minor J. T. Marshall, 1893 synonym
Cypraea norvegica M. Sars, 1835 synonym
Trivia dorsolevigata Schilder, 1932 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: nordlig kauri sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: koffieboontje; ongevlekt koffieboontje sources: Adema, J.P.H.M.; de Bruyne, R.H.; Perk, F.A. (1989). Preliminary name list of marine molluscs and shells, regularly washed ashore along the coasts of the Netherlands and Belgium [Voorlopige naamlijst van de mariene mollusken en de regelmatig langs de kust van Nederland en België aangespoelde schelpensoorten]. De Strandvlo 9(2): 49-59;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: Arctic cowrie; coffee bean; northern cowrie; unspotted European cowrie sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 French: grain de café; porcelaine puce; pucelage sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Arktische Kaurischnecke; Europäische Kauri; gerippte Kaurischnecke; Nördliche Kaurischnecke; Nördliche Scheinkauri sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.
 Norwegian Bokmål: kaffebønne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kaffibønne sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: porcelanita

Literature

basis of record

Fehse, D.; Grego, J.; Manousis, T.; Dieste, J. P. (2024). Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae, XLV: Does Trivia arctica occur in the Mediterranean Sea?. Acta Conchyliorum. 22: 3-47.

additional source

Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

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External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trivia arctica (Pulteney, 1799). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141741

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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