Tricolia rosea
Tricolia rosea | |
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Tricolia rosea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Genus: | Tricolia |
Species: | T. rosea |
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Tricolia rosea (Angas, 1867) | |
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Tricolia rosea, common name the rosy pheasant, 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 height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm. The minute shell is thin, shining and has an ovate shape. It has a uniform deep rosy color throughout. The four whorls are somewhat flattened at the upper part, then convex. The columella is white. The edge and the outer lip are stained with a line of dark rose.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia rosea (Angas, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593919 on 2013-02-10
- ↑ Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
External identifiers for Tricolia rosea | |
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WoRMS | 593919 |
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