Phasianella
Encyclopedia
Phasianella, common name
pheasant shells, is a genus
of sea snail
s with a calcareous operculum
and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae
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Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
pheasant shells, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s with a calcareous operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae
Phasianellidae
Phasianellidae common name the "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails" is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda ....
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Species
Species within the genus Phasianella include:- Phasianella aethiopicaPhasianella aethiopicaPhasianella aethiopica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Philippi, 1853 - Phasianella australisPhasianella australisPhasianella australis, common names the Australian pheasant, painted lady, and pheasant snail, is a medium-sized to large species of sea snail with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.-External links:* * *...
- Phasianella brandenburgi O. Boettger, 1907
- Phasianella elongataPhasianella elongataPhasianella elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Krauss, 1848 - Phasianella grataPhasianella grataPhasianella grata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Philippi, 1853 - Phasianella jaspideaPhasianella jaspideaPhasianella jaspidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Reeve, 1862 - Phasianella nivosaPhasianella nivosaPhasianella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Reeve, 1862 - Phasianella pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Phasianella solidaPhasianella solidaPhasianella solida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
(Born, 1778) - Phasianella variegataPhasianella variegataPhasianella variegata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Lamarck, 1822 - Phasianella ventricosa
- Phasianella zigzagPhasianella zigzagPhasianella zigzag is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
Odhner, 1919