Tricolia gabiniana
Tricolia gabiniana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
| Tricolia gabiniana | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tricolia gabiniana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. gabiniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia gabiniana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) | |
Description
The height of the shell reaches 7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the intertidal zone off Western Australia.
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia gabiniana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593918 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.
- Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn
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