Tricolia rosea explained

Tricolia rosea, common name the rosy pheasant, 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 shell varies between 2 mm and 5 mm. The minute shell is thin, shining and has an ovate shape. It has a uniform deep rosy color throughout. The four whorls are somewhat flattened at the upper part, then convex. The columella is white. The edge and the outer lip are stained with a line of dark rose.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.

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Notes and References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia rosea (Angas, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593919 on 2013-02-10
  2. 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.
  3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia