Description
A small (up to 9 mm x 5 mm), conical or turban-shaped glossy shell of 5-6 whorls. Yellowish or white in colour with reddish-brown or purple streaks that often produce a zigzag pattern. Conspicuous white, calcareous operculum. Lateral lobes of the foot have 3 pairs of tentacles. Neck lobes both fringed.No text entered
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Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Editor: Dr Harvey Tyler-Walters
Author: Marie Skewes
Marie Skewes 2005. Tricolia pullus. Pheasant shell. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 26/01/2011]. Available from:
