Tricolia tenuis

Tricolia tenuis

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Phasianellidae

Phasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 28Spain · 8

Sources and credits

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Tricolia tenuis

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