Phasianotrochus

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Phasianotrochus is a genus of sea snails. They are marine

gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2] Phasianotrochus

Contents
1 Description
2 Distribution
3 Species
4 References
5 External links

Description
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
Dorsal view of a shell of
These marine snails are endemic to Australia and can be found Phasianotrochus bellulus
off the coast of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania,
Victoria and Western Australia. Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Species Phylum: Mollusca

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following Class: Gastropoda

species with names in current use are included within the genus Clade: Vetigastropoda
[4]
Phasianotrochus
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Phasianotrochus apicinus (Menke, 1843) Family: Trochidae
Phasianotrochus bellulus (Philippi, 1845) Genus: Phasianotrochus
Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
Fischer, 1885 [1]
Phasianotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
Phasianotrochus irisodontes (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Type species
Phasianotrochus rutilus (Adams, 1853)
Cantharidus badius Wood, 1828
Phasianotrochus sericinus (Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms
 Elenchus H. and A. Adams not
References Elenchus (Humph.) Swainson

1. Fischer, 1885, Manuel de conchyliologie et de palontologie

conchyliologique, (9): 819
2. 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
3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia

Phasianotrochus bellulus, apertural

view

(http://ia700307.us.archive.org/4/items/manualofconcholo111tryo/manualofconcholo111tryo.pdf)
4. OBIS : Phasianotrochus (http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/6572)

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

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