Tribia coronata

Tribia coronata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Tribia coronata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Tribia
Species:
T. coronata
Binomial name
Tribia coronata
(Scacchi, 1835)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria coronata Scacchi, 1835
  • Cancellaria taeniata Sowerby, G.B. II, 1849
  • Narona coronata (Scacchi, 1835)

Description

The shell size varies between 12 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species is found in the Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Tribia coronata (Scacchi, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • 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
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
  • Verhecken A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema : 29(2): 281–364


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