Phasianella nivosa
| Phasianella nivosa | |
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| Two views of a shell of Phasianella nivosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Phasianella |
| Species: | P. nivosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862
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Phasianella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species is found on algae in the eulittoral zone.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.