Tricolia elongata explained

Tricolia elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off southern Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
• 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. page(s): 21

External links

• T. C. Nangammbi and D. G. Herbert, A new species of pheasant shell from the south-western Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Phasianellidae: Tricolia), African Invertebrates Vol. 49 (2) pp. 13–19 Pietermaritzburg December, 2008