Tricolia speciosa

Tricolia speciosa
Shell of Tricolia speciosa (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. speciosa
Binomial name
Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Phasianella ferussaciGuerin 1829 Phasianella lymnaeoidesAnton 1839 Phasianella speciosa var. albinaMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. atraBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Phasianella speciosa var. atrataDautzenberg 1883 Phasianella speciosa var. aureaDautzenberg 1882 Phasianella speciosa var. lacteaMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. maculataMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. majorMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. normalisMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. purpureaDautzenberg 1883 Phasianella speciosa var. sanguineaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1884 Phasianella speciosa var. spirolineataMonterosato 1880 Phasianella speciosa var. viridisMonterosato 1880 Phasianella vieuxiiPayraudeau, 1826 Tricolia nicaeensis Risso1826 Tricolia rentneriNordsieck 1973 Tricolia rubra Risso1826 Tricolia speciosa var. seriopunctataMonterosato 1884 Tricolia speciosa var. virescensMonterosato 1884 Turbo speciosusMühlfeld, 1824 Turbo vieuxiPayraudeau 1826

Tricolia speciosa, common name the Mediterranean pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. ^[2]

Description

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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Adriatic Sea.

References

1. Mühlfeld J. C. M. von (1824). p. 214, pl. 2 fig. 4.
2. Tricolia speciosa (Mühlfeld, 1824) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
3. "G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia". Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

• Guérin, M.F.E.1829. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier: ou, représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus et souvent non encore figurées de chaque genre d'animaux: Paris, J.B. Baillière
• Nordsieck, F. (1973). Il genere Tricolia Risso, 1826 nei mari d'Europa. La Conchiglia. 55-56: 3–10.
• 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

• CLEMAM
• "Tricolia speciosa speciosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Megerle von Mühlfeld J.C. (1824). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1(4): 205-221, pl. 7-9
• Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp
• Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, F.G. Levrault. 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls
• Payraudeau, B. C. (1826). Catalogue descriptif et méthodique des annelides et des mollusques de l'Ile de Corse; avec huit planches représentant quatre-vingt-huit espèces, dont soixante-huit nouvelles. 218 pp. Paris
• Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. 570 pp., 66 pls
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1880). Notizie intorno ad alcune conchiglie delle coste d'Africa. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 5 (11–15): 213–233
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the author, Palermo, 152 pp.
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1883). Liste de coquilles du Golfe de Gabès. J. conchyliol. 31: 289-330
• 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