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 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Contents 1 Taxonomy 1.1 2005 taxonomy 1.2 2008 taxonomy 2 Genera 3 References

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

Phasianellidae is placed in the superfamily Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• Phasianellinae Swainson, 1840 - synonym: Eutropiinae Gray, 1871
• Gabrieloninae Hickman & McLean, 1990
• Tricoliinae Woodring, 1928

2008 taxonomy

Phasianellidae (together with Colloniidae) belongs to superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008).^[1]

Genera

Genera withn the family Phasianellidae include:

Phasianellinae

• Phasianella Lamarck, 1804 - type genus

Gabrieloninae

• Gabrielona Iredale, 1917 - type genus of the subfamily Gabrieloninae

Tricoliinae

• Tricolia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the subfamily Tricoliinae
• Eulithidium

References