Tricolia tenuis
| Tricolia tenuis | |
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Tricolia tenuis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829) | |
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Tricolia tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm. The oval, elongated shell is rather thin, and shining. The elevated spire has a conic shape. It is composed of 4-5 somewhat convex whorls, separated by slightly impressed sutures.The aperture is rounded oval. The columella is arcuate. The color of the shell is yellowish or rose, with red and white flammules and decurrent lines, sometimes punctate with red. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and West Africa.
References
- ↑ Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 March 2013.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- Scacchi A. (1836). Catalogus Conchyliorum regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples], Typis Filiatre-Sebetii 18 p., 1 pl.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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