Peasiella tantilla

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Peasiella tantilla
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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]
  • Margarita angulataA. Adams, 1853
  • Risella parvulaDunker, 1861
  • Trochus diminutivusReeve, 1862
  • Trochus tantillusGould, 1849

Peasiella tantilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. [1]

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Description and biology

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]

Distribution and habitat

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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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kay, E. Alison (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN   0-910240-26-4. OCLC   5954550.
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