Tricolia capensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Genus: | Tricolia |
Species: | T. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Tricolia capensis (Dunker, 1846)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Phasianella capensis Dunker, 1846 |
Tricolia capensis, common name the pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.
This marine species occurs off Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique.