Phasianellidae

Phasianellidae
Phasianella variegata shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840

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).^[1]

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 (and Colloniidae) belong in the superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008).^[2]

Genera

Genera within 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 Pilsbry, 1898

References

1. Gofas, S. (2012). Phasianellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151267 on 2013-03-09
2. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x

• Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397.