Phasianella nivosa
| Phasianella nivosa | |
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| Two views of a shell of Phasianella nivosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Phasianella |
| Species: | P. nivosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862 | |
Phasianella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 2 cm. The spire attains a moderate height with rounded whorls. The color of the shell ihas a pale to dark background with lighter, thick for thin, broken bands.
Habitat
This species is found on algae in the eulittoral zone.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.
References
- ↑ Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
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