Tricolia fordiana

Tricolia fordiana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2][3]

Tricolia fordiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Tricoliinae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. fordiana
Binomial name
Tricolia fordiana
(Pilsbry, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phasianella elachista Melvill, 1901
  • Phasianella minima Melvill, 1896
  • Phasianella [(Tricolia)] fordiana Pilsbry, 1888

Description

The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Indo- West Pacific region and off Australia.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia fordiana (Pilsbry, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593900 on 2013-02-10
  2. 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.
  3. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, West Australia.


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