| Tricolia ios | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. ios |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia ios Robertson, 1985[1] | |
Tricolia ios is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[2][3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the subtidal zone in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.
References
- ↑ 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.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia ios. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593904 on 2013-02-10
- ↑ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
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