Tribia coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Tribia coronata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Tribia |
Species: | T. coronata
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Binomial name | |
Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 12 mm and 15 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- 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
- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
- Verhecken A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema : 29(2): 281–364