Tricolia tenuis

Tricolia tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.

Tricolia tenuis
Shell of Tricolia tenuis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. tenuis
Binomial name
Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829)
Synonyms
Phasianella intermedia Scacchi, 1836 Phasianella pulla var. hoberti Brusina, 1865 · Phasianella pulla var. striata Brusina, 1865 · Phasianella tenuis Michaud, 1829 Phasianella tenuis Philippi, 1844 ·(synonym and junior homonym of Phasianella tenuis Michaud, 1829) Phasianella tenuis var. fusca Pallary, 1900 Phasianella tenuis var. lactea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884 Tricolia candidula Monterosato, 1917 (dubious synonym) Tricolia hoberti (Brusina, 1865) Tricolia hoberti var. carissima Monterosato, 1917 Tricolia tenuis var. meleagris Coen, 1933 Tricoliella hoberti (Brusina, 1865) Tricoliella hoberti var. alternata Monterosato, 1884 (synonym) Tricoliella hoberti var. eximia Monterosato, 1884 Tricoliella hoberti var. incomparabilis Monterosato, 1884 Tricoliella hoberti var. major Monterosato, 1884 Tricoliella hoberti var. minor Monterosato, 1884

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.

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

• Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 192: i-vii, 1-186
• 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

External links

• "Tricolia tenuis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana. ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1
• Scacchi, A. (1836). Catalogus conchyliorum Regni Neapolitani. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Filiatre-Sebetii. 18 p., 1 pl.
• Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 3: 260-276, pl.
• Brusina, S. (1865). Conchiglie dalmate inedite. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-königlichen Zoologisch-botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 3-42
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. Il Naturalista Siciliano. [1] 3(3): 87–91
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1917). Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'ing. Camillo Crema. Bollettino della Società Zoologica Italiana. ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1
• Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-42
• Philippi, R. A. (1844). Nachtrag zum zweiten Bande der Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 1: 100-112