OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae
Phasianella Lamarck, 1804
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Phasianella Lamarck, 1804
Orthomesus Pilsbry, 1888
Mimelenchus Iredale, 1924
Included taxa
Phasianella Unplaced
Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)
Phasianella solida (BORN, 1780)
Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791)
Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822
Phasianella ventricosa Swainson, 1822
Phasianella aethiopica Philippi, 1853
Phasianella wisemanni Baird, 1873
Phasianella caloundra Iredale, 1927
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
feeding mode: grazing [ on epiphytic coatings
]
feeds on: plants
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.34 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.102 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Phasianellinae
Phasianella Lamarck, 1804
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7072) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.