Tricolia milaschewitchi

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

Tricolia milaschewitchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. milaschewitchi
Binomial name
Tricolia milaschewitchi
Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991

Description

The height of the shell reaches 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Black Sea.

Habitat

This species is found in the following habitats:[1]

  • Brackish
  • Marine

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Tricolia milaschewitchi Anistratenko & Starobogatov, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576565 on 2013-02-10
  2. Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.


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