Tomichia Tristis
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''Tomichia tristis'' is a species of very small freshwater or brackish snailRosenberg, G. (2010). ''Tomichia'' Benson, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405098 on 2011-04-04 with a gill and an operculum,
gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
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micromollusc A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also r ...
in the family Tomichiidae.WoRMS (2010). ''Tomichia tristis''. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405099 on 2011-04-04


Distribution

This species occurs in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.


Description


References

Truncatelloidea Gastropods described in 1889 {{Truncatelloidea-stub