Phasianotrochus
| Phasianotrochus | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Phasianotrochus bellulus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Phasianotrochus Fischer, 1885 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cantharidus badius Wood, 1828
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| Synonyms | |
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Elenchus H. and A. Adams not Elenchus (Humph.) Swainson | |
Phasianotrochus is a genus of sea snails. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]
Description[edit]
The elongated, ovate-pointed shell is thick, solid, polished. The ovate aperture is longer than broad. The columella is arcuate, bearing usually a tooth-like projection in the middle.[3]
Distribution[edit]
These marine snails are endemic to Australia and can be found off the coast of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.
Species[edit]
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species with names in current use are included within the genus Phasianotrochus[4]
- Phasianotrochus apicinus (Menke, 1843)
- Phasianotrochus bellulus (Philippi, 1845)
- Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
- Phasianotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
- Phasianotrochus irisodontes (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Phasianotrochus rutilus (Adams, 1853)
- Phasianotrochus sericinus (Thiele, 1930)
References[edit]
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- ^ Fischer, 1885, Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, (9): 819
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Phasianotrochus P. Fischer, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512284 on 2012-12-01
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ^ OBIS : Phasianotrochus
- Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda (page 104), South Australian Government Printer, Adelaide.
- Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962, A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
- Ludbrook, N.H., 1956, The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III � Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae), Trans. R. Soc. SA, 79:0-0