Tricolia tenuis

Tricolia tenuis
	Shell of Tricolia tenuis (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. tenuis
Binomial name
	Tricolia tenuis; (Michaud, 1829)
Synonyms
	Phasianella intermedia Scacchi, 1836; Phasianella pulla var. hoberti Brusina, 1865 ·; Phasianella pulla var. striata Brusina, 1865 ·; Phasianella tenuis Michaud, 1829; Phasianella tenuis Philippi, 1844 ·(synonym and junior homonym of Phasianella tenuis Michaud, 1829); Phasianella tenuis var. fusca Pallary, 1900; Phasianella tenuis var. lactea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884; Tricolia candidula Monterosato, 1917 (dubious synonym); Tricolia hoberti (Brusina, 1865); Tricolia hoberti var. carissima Monterosato, 1917; Tricolia tenuis var. meleagris Coen, 1933; Tricoliella hoberti (Brusina, 1865); Tricoliella hoberti var. alternata Monterosato, 1884 (synonym); Tricoliella hoberti var. eximia Monterosato, 1884; Tricoliella hoberti var. incomparabilis Monterosato, 1884; Tricoliella hoberti var. major Monterosato, 1884; Tricoliella hoberti var. minor Monterosato, 1884;

Tricolia tenuis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 11 mm. The oval, elongated shell is rather thin, and shining. The elevated spire has a conic shape. It is composed of 4–5 somewhat convex whorls, separated by slightly impressed sutures. The aperture is rounded oval. The columella is arcuate. The color of the shell is yellowish or rose, with red and white flammules and decurrent lines, sometimes punctate with red.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Cape Verde Islands and West Africa.

References

^ Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 192: i-vii, 1-186
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

[WoRMS-1] Tricolia tenuis (Michaud, 1829). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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