Tricolia ios

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Tricolia ios | image = | image_caption = | authority = Robertson, 1985<ref>{{WRMS source|155447|Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103.|2013-02-10}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | display_parents = 5 }}

'''''Tricolia ios''''' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Tricolia ios''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593904 on 2013-02-10</ref><ref>Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.</ref>

==Distribution== This species occurs in the subtidal zone in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.

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==External links== * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593904 World Register of Marine Species] {{Taxonbar|from=Q7841252}}

Category:Phasianellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1985