Tricolia munieri

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

Tricolia munieri
Shell of Tricolia munieri (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. munieri
Binomial name
Tricolia munieri
(Vélain, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phasianella brevis Vélain, 1877
  • Phasianella munieri Vélain, 1877
  • Phasianella velaini Lamy, 1931

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Amsterdam Island.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia munieri (Vélain, 1877). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593897 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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