Pheasant Shell

Tricolia pullus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Phasianellidae

Tricolia pullus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. Subspecies Subspecies within this species are not clearly distinguishable and are described on a geographical base. They include: Tricolia pullus azorica (Dautzenberg, 1889) Tricolia pullus canarica Nordsieck, 1973 Tricolia pullus picta (da Costa, 1778) (synonyms: Phasianella pullus picta (da Costa, 1778); Tricolia picta (da Costa, 1778) ) Tricolia pullus pullus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym: Turbo pullus pullus Linnaeus, 1758) Description The size of the plump, oval shell varies…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 184United Kingdom · 153Spain · 64Netherlands · 39Italy · 22

Sources and credits

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