Tricolia pulloides

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Tricolia pulloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species: T. pulloides
Binomial name
Tricolia pulloides
(Carpenter, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Phasianella compta var. pulloides Carpenter, 1865 (original combination)

Tricolia pulloides is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. The shell is somewhat similar to Tricolia pullus, but is more solid, compact, and has a shorter spire. The suture is distinct.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

  1. Carpenter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia pulloides (Carpenter, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575262 on 2013-02-10
  3. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Tricolia pulloides
ITIS 70145
WoRMS 575262


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