Tribia coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Tribia coronata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Tribia
Species:
T. coronata
Binomial name
Tribia coronata
(Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria coronata Scacchi, 1835
  • Cancellaria taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1849
  • Narona coronata (Scacchi, 1835)

Description

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The shell size varies between 12 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

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This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ 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