Tricolia tomlini

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

Tricolia tomlini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. tomlini
Binomial name
Tricolia tomlini
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1921)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phasianella tomlini Gatliff & Gabriel, 1921
  • Tricolia irritans Thiele, J., 1930

Description

The shell grows to a height of 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia tomlini (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593906 on 2013-02-10
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tricolia tomlini". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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