Tricolia rosea
Tricolia rosea, common name the rosy pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. rosea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia rosea (Angas, 1867) | |
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Description
The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm. The minute shell is thin, shining and has an ovate shape. It has a uniform deep rosy color throughout. The four whorls are somewhat flattened at the upper part, then convex. The columella is white. The edge and the outer lip are stained with a line of dark rose.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia rosea (Angas, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593919 on 2013-02-10
- 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.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Tricolia rosea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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