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Phasianella nivosa
Two views of a shell of Phasianella nivosa
Scientific 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.

Description

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

This species is found on algae in the eulittoral zone.

Distribution

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

References

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.

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