Tricolia fordiana

Tricolia fordiana
Scientific classification
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]}

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.

References

1. 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.

• Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, West Australia.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
• World Register of Marine Species