Phasianella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
| Phasianella nivosa | |
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| Two views of a shell of Phasianella nivosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Phasianella |
| Species: | P. nivosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Phasianella nivosa Reeve, 1862
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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.