Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Phasianellidae > Subfamily Tricoliinae > Genus Tricolia

Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tricolia*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Eudora*	Leach, 1852	junior homonym
*Epheriella*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Tricolia (Eudora)*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Tricoliella*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Species group names

*Phasianella ferussaci*	Guérin, 1829	synonym
*Phasianella lymnaeoides*	Anton, 1838	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa*	(Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. albina*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. atra*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. atrata*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. aurea*	Dautzenberg, 1882	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. lactea*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. maculata*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. major*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. normalis*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. purpurea*	Dautzenberg, 1883	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. sanguinea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. spirolineata*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Phasianella speciosa var. viridis*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Phasianella vieuxii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Tricolia nicaeensis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Tricolia rentneri*	F. Nordsieck, 1973	synonym
*Tricolia rubra*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Tricolia speciosa var. seriopunctata*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Tricolia speciosa var. virescens*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gofas S. (1982). The genus Tricolia in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 182-213

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tricolia speciosa (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141702

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Occurrence

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Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

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Environment

marine

Importance

EPPO invasive plants:
listed This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

This species is an invasive alien plant being managed in countries that are member of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

IUCN:
Red List status VU 1998 This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

This species is vulnerable and is considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild according to the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

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2014-01-31 by Serge Gofas

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