Tricolia elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

Tricolia elongata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Tricolia
Species:
T. elongata
Binomial name
Tricolia elongata
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Phasianella elongata Krauss, 1848
  • Tricolia alfredensis (Turton, 1932)

Description

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Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Tricolia elongata (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 January 2012.
  • 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
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