Tricolia miniata

Tricolia miniata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. miniata
Binomial name
Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884) [1]

Tricolia miniata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, off the Strait of Gibraltar and in the Southern Mediterranean Sea, found on brown algae Ericaria selaginoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry 2020 (syn. Cystoseira tamariscifolia(Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950).

References

1. Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
2. Tricolia miniata (Monterosato, 1884) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.

• Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182–213
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• "Tricolia miniata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.