Tricolia algoidea

Tricolia algoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

Tricolia algoidea
Shell of Tricolia algoidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. algoidea
Binomial name
Tricolia algoidea
(Pallary, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Epheriella algoidea Pallary, 1920
  • Lacuna algoidea P.M. Pallary, 1912

Description

The shell grows to a height of 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea off Morocco

References

  • Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182-213 [


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