Tricolia deschampsi
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| Tricolia deschampsi | |
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| Shell of Tricolia deschampsi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Tricolia |
| Species: | T. deschampsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricolia deschampsi | |
Tricolia deschampsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.[2] It was first described as a separate species by Gofas in 1993, named after Guy Deschamps.[3]
The height of the shell reaches 1.7 mm. The shell of this species is easily confused with Tricolia tingitana. The shell has a globose shape, with three whorls. The colour of the shell's narrow lines are usually pink, occasionally brown. The shell has 6-7 spiral cords on the first teleoconch whorl and three shallow sinuosities on the outer lip of the shell.[4] The snail itself has only two pairs of epipodial tentacles, differentiating from close relatives that have three.[4]