Tricolia fordiana

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Tricolia fordiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Tricoliinae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. fordiana
Binomial name
Tricolia fordiana
(Pilsbry, 1888)
Synonyms [1]
  • Phasianella elachistaMelvill, 1901
  • Phasianella minimaMelvill, 1896
  • Phasianella [(Tricolia)] fordianaPilsbry, 1888

Tricolia fordiana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Indo- West Pacific region and off Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia fordiana (Pilsbry, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593900 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.
  3. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.