Tricolia punctura

Tricolia punctura
Shell of Tricolia punctura (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. punctura
Binomial name
Tricolia punctura Gofas, 1993 [1]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy and Corsica.

References

1. Gofas S., 1993: Notes on some Ibero-Moroccan and Mediterranean Tricolia (Gastropoda, Tricoliidae) with description of new species; Journal of Molluscan Studies 59: 351–361
2. Tricolia punctura Gofas, 1993 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.

External links

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213