Tricolia cyclostoma
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| Tricolia cyclostoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. cyclostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia cyclostoma (Carpenter, 1864) | |
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Tricolia cyclostoma is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
Description
The height of the dark brownish shell reaches 2 mm. The broad, very obtuse shell consists of three whorls. These are rounded, and slightly shouldered, The shell is densily pointed or stained. The large umbilicus is subspiral. The aperture is large. The sutures are very impressed. [3]
Distribution
The type locality is listed as "Cape St. Lucas, (Xantus)" (Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico).
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia cyclostoma (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575258 on 2013-02-10
- ↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
- ↑ Capenter P. (1872) The Mollusks of Western North America, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
External links
| External identifiers for Tricolia cyclostoma | |
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| ITIS | 70140 |
| WoRMS | 575258 |
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