Tricolia pulchella is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
Tricolia pulchella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
Genus: | Tricolia |
Species: | T. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Tricolia pulchella (Récluz, 1843)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 7 mm.
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Habitat
editThis species is found in the following habitats:[1]
- Brackish
- Marine
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Tricolia pulchella (Récluz, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576566 on 2013-02-10
- ^ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
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