Tricolia gabiniana

Tricolia gabiniana is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]

Tricolia gabiniana
Apertural view of a shell of Tricolia gabiniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. gabiniana
Binomial name
Tricolia gabiniana
(Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)

Description

The height of the shell reaches 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the intertidal zone off Western Australia.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia gabiniana (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593918 on 2013-02-10
  2. Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103.
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn


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