Trivia monacha (da Costa, 1778)
(Spotted Cowrie)

Interactions where Trivia monacha is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
adult		adult is predator of			Diplosoma	a genus of tunicates	Aplousobranchia: Didemnidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				adult	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Aplousobranchia/Didemnidae/Diplosoma/	Diplosoma	a genus of tunicates
egg capsule		egg capsule rests inside nibbled hole common test			Diplosoma	a genus of tunicates	Aplousobranchia: Didemnidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				egg capsule	Animal / resting place / within			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Aplousobranchia/Didemnidae/Diplosoma/	Diplosoma	a genus of tunicates		nibbled hole	common test
adult		adult is predator of			Botrylloides leachii	a colonial ascidian	Stolidobranchia: Styelidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				adult	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/	Botrylloides leachii	a colonial ascidian
egg capsule		egg capsule rests inside nibbled hole common test			Botrylloides leachii	a colonial ascidian	Stolidobranchia: Styelidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				egg capsule	Animal / resting place / within			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botrylloides leachii/	Botrylloides leachii	a colonial ascidian		nibbled hole	common test
adult		adult is predator of			Botryllus schlosseri	Star Ascidian, Star Sea Squirt	Stolidobranchia: Styelidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				adult	Animal / predator			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botryllus schlosseri/	Botryllus schlosseri	star ascidian, star sea squirt
egg capsule		egg capsule rests inside nibbled hole common test			Botryllus schlosseri	Star Ascidian, Star Sea Squirt	Stolidobranchia: Styelidae	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971	/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Triviidae/Trivia monacha/	Trivia monacha	spotted cowrie				egg capsule	Animal / resting place / within			/Animalia/Chordata/Ascidiacea/Stolidobranchia/Styelidae/Botryllus schlosseri/	Botryllus schlosseri	star ascidian, star sea squirt		nibbled hole	common test

Author & Year	Title	Source
Graham, A., 1971	British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs	Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Trivia monacha (Spotted Cowrie) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Trivia monacha (Spotted Cowrie)
Genus	Trivia (a genus of cowries)
Subfamily	TRIVIINAE (a subfamily of molluscs)
Family	TRIVIIDAE (cowries)
Superfamily	VELUTINOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
Order	LITTORINIMORPHA (an order of operculate snails and whelks)
Subclass	CAENOGASTROPODA (a subclass of molluscs)
Class	GASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
Phylum	MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
Superphylum	LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Trivia monacha is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Mollusca)

NBN

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Trivia monacha (Spotted Cowrie) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

LITTORINIMORPHA
(an order of operculate snails and whelks)

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trivia monacha (Spotted Cowrie):

LITTORINIMORPHA
(an order of operculate snails and whelks)

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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