Phasianellidae
Sign in to savePhasianellidae, with the common name "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails", is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyPhasianellidae
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Phasianellidae, with the common name "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails", is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda.
== Taxonomy == The family Phasianellidae consists of three subfamilies: Gabrieloninae Hickman & J.H. McLean, 1990 Gabrielona Iredale, 1917 - type genus of the subfamily Gabrieloninae Phasianellinae Swainson, 1840 - synonym: Eutropiinae Gray, 1871 Mimelenchus Iredale, 1924 Orthomesus Pilsbry, 1888 Phasianella Lamarck, 1804 Tricoliinae Woodring, 1928 Tricolia Risso, 1826 - type genus of the subfamily Tricoliinae