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Phasianella
Sign in to savePhasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.
Species
pheasant shells
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyPhasianellidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 714
- With media
- 100
- Family
- Phasianellidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, FMNH, UF, CAS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, France, Belgium, Jersey, Italy, United States, Morocco, Algeria
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Encyclopedic overview
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Phasianella, common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.
==Description== The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate.
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