Tricolia insignis

Tricolia insignis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Phasianelloidea
Family:Phasianellidae
Genus:Tricolia
Species: T. insignis
Binomial name
Tricolia insignis
(Turton, 1932)

Tricolia insignis is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]

Description

The shell reaches a height of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off southeast South Africa.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia insignis (Turton, 1932). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600666 on 2013-02-10
  2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.


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