Tricolia indica

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

Tricolia indica
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. indica
Binomial name
Tricolia indica
Winckworth, 1940

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean in the intertidal zone off India.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia indica Winckworth, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593905 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.


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