Phasianella solida

Phasianella solida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Phasianella
Species:	P. solida
Binomial name
Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)
Synonyms
Phasianella histrio Reeve, 1862 Phasianella modesta Gould, 1861 Phasianella zigzag Odhner, 1919 Tricolia brongniartii Audouin, 1826 Tricolia guerini Audouin, 1826

Phasianella solida, common name the solid pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 32 mm. Protoconch is smooth and the shell is brilliant, long, thin and turban-shaped, usually pale brown, reddish or pinkish, marked with variable blotches. It shows four-five rounded whorls. The operculum is white, oval-shaped.

Distribution

This quite common species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific: off southern Australia, the Philippines and Japan. It lives at intertidal depths up to 15 m.

References

• Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103. page(s): 20
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
• Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing. Vol.1 1st Edn

External links

• Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl.
• Gastropods
• Sea Life Base