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Phasianella nivosa

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Phasianella nivosa
Two views of a shell of Phasianella nivosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Phasianella
Species:
P. nivosa
Binomial name
Phasianella nivosa
Reeve, 1862

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

Description

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The shell grows to a height of 2 cm. The spire attains a moderate height with rounded whorls. The color of the shell has a pale to dark background with lighter, thick for thin, broken bands.

Habitat

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This species is found on algae in the eulittoral zone.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.

References

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  1. ^ Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.