Peasiella tantilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Littorinidae |
Genus: | Peasiella |
Species: | P. tantilla |
Binomial name | |
Peasiella tantilla (Gould, 1849) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Peasiella tantilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [1]
Peasiella tantilla is five millimeters in length and diameter. [2] The shell of Peasiella tantilla is a spiral shape and its body symmetry is "dextrally coiled". [3] Their shell also extends all the way down to the base and tends to be light brown to yellow. [2] The shell of Peasiella tantilla can also have little white spots on the shell. [2]
Peasiella tantilla reside in the Indo-Pacific. [4] Their marine habitat is the marine benthic [5] . Peasiella tantilla is abundant along the coast of the supratidal region where they are commonly found in pools and are close to the sea. [2] Peasiella tantilla occurs mainly throughout the Pacific Ocean. [2] Examples of places they occur are the Hawaiian Islands, Oceania, Indo-China, and Indo-Malaysia. [6]
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