Phasianotrochus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Phasianotrochus bellulus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Trochidae |
Genus: |
Phasianotrochus Fischer, 1885 [1] |
Type species | |
Cantharidus badius Wood, 1828
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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. [2]
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. [3]
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.
According to the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database, the following species with names in current use are included within the genus Phasianotrochus [4]