Phasianotrochus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Phasianotrochus
Dorsal view of a shell of Phasianotrochus bellulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Trochidae
Genus:	Phasianotrochus Fischer, 1885
Type species
Cantharidus badius Wood, 1828
Synonyms
Elenchus H. and A. Adams not Elenchus (Humph.) Swainson

Phasianotrochus is a genus of sea snails. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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.

Distribution

These marine snails are endemic to Australia and can be found off the coast of New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

Species

Phasianotrochus bellulus, apertural view

According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species with names in current use are included within the genus Phasianotrochus

• Phasianotrochus apicinus (Menke, 1843)
• Phasianotrochus bellulus (Philippi, 1845)
• Phasianotrochus eximius (Perry, 1811)
• Phasianotrochus hirasei (Pilsbry, 1901)
• Phasianotrochus irisodontes (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Phasianotrochus rutilus (Adams, 1853)
• Phasianotrochus sericinus (Thiele, 1930)

• 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