| Tricolia speciosa | |
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| Shell of Tricolia speciosa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia speciosa | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Tricolia speciosa, common name the Mediterranean pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. [2]
The height of the shell varies between 7 mm and 13 mm. The thin, shining shell has an ovate-elongate shape. It is white, with alternate red and white short flammules below the sutures, and several revolving series of white spots. The interstices are covered with fine pink or yellowish obliquely descending lines. The five, convex whorls are separated by deeply constricting sutures. The aperture is long-oval, and rather produced below. The posterior angle is occupied by a heavy callus. [3]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Adriatic Sea.
Phasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.
Gibbula ardens is a species of small sea snail, known as top snails or top shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Euthria cornea, common name : the spindle euthria, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Chauvetia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Mitrella minor is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Tricolia tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.
Tricolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tricoliinae of the family Phasianellidae.
Volvarina mitrella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata, common name Blainville's muricop, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Clanculus cruciatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Clanculus jussieui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Steromphala adansonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Steromphala adriatica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Steromphala umbilicaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Jujubinus exasperatus, the Rough Top Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Jujubinus striatus, common name the grooved top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Phorcus richardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Phorcus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Cantharidinae of the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Cerithium lividulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.
Pusia ebenus, common names brown mitre, ivory mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
