Tricolia azorica Pheasant Snails

Tricolia azorica is commonly referred to as Pheasant Snails. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln

Tricolia azorica, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025

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lexID:: 17950
AphiaID:: 1667515

Scientific:: Tricolia azorica
German:: Azoren Fasanenschnecke
English:: Pheasant Snails

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Phasianellidae (Family) > Tricolia (Genus) > azorica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Dautzenberg, ), 1889

Occurrence:: Azores, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0,6 cm
Food:: Algae (Algivore), No reliable information available
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Tricolia adusta
Tricolia algoidea
Tricolia bicarinata
Tricolia capensis
Tricolia deschampsi
Tricolia elongata
Tricolia entomocheila
Tricolia fordiana
Tricolia formosa
Tricolia gabiniana
Tricolia indica
Tricolia insignis
Tricolia ios
Tricolia kochii
Tricolia landinii
Tricolia miniata
Tricolia munieri
Tricolia neritina
Tricolia nordsiecki
Tricolia pullus
Fasanenküken, Kleine Doppelfußschnecke, Dreifarbige Fasanenschnecke
Tricolia punctura
Tricolia retrolineata
Tricolia rosea
Tricolia saxatilis
Tricolia speciosa
Tricolia striolata
Tricolia tenuis
Tricolia tingitana
Tricolia tomlini
Tricolia tristis

More related species in this lexicon:

Tricolia azorica
Azoren Fasanenschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-12-06 16:53:41
Last edit:: 2025-12-06 17:05:07

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Tricolia azorica (Dautzenberg, 1889)

Tricolia azorica is a small shell snail in the family Phasianellidae, colloquially known as pheasant snails. The family includes small to medium-sized snails with a shiny, usually egg-shaped shell. The inside is porcelain-like. Pheasant snails have an operculum to close the shell opening. They live in temperate and warm waters.

Synonymised names
Phasianella azorica Dautzenberg, 1889 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Tricolia canarica F. Nordsieck, 1973 · unaccepted
Tricolia canarica lyrata F. Nordsieck, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tricolia pullus azorica (Dautzenberg, 1889) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Tricolia pullus canarica F. Nordsieck, 1973 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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sciencedirect (en). Abgerufen am 06.12.2025.

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