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Phasianella
''Phasianella'', common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate. The animal has long tentacles, and has usually pectinated head lobes. These frontal lobes distinguish this genus from '' Tricolia'', which lacks frontal lobes. The epipodial line contains generally cirrhi. The branchial plume is long. The narrow foot is long, pointed posteriorly, rounded before. Below it is divided longitudinally by a median groove. The rhomboidal jaws are covered with imbricating scales. The radula is rather short. The formula of teeth is typically ∞ 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Wisemanni
''Phasianella'', common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a wiktionary:calcareous, calcareous Operculum (gastropod), operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy Operculum (gastropod), operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The Columella (gastropod), columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate. The animal has long tentacles, and has usually pectinated head lobes. These frontal lobes distinguish this genus from ''Tricolia'', which lacks frontal lobes. The epipodial line contains generally cirrhi. The branchial plume is long. The narrow foot is long, pointed posteriorly, rounded before. Below it is divided longitudinally by a median groove. The rhomboidal jaws a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Brandenburgi
''Phasianella'', common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate. The animal has long tentacles, and has usually pectinated head lobes. These frontal lobes distinguish this genus from ''Tricolia'', which lacks frontal lobes. The epipodial line contains generally cirrhi. The branchial plume is long. The narrow foot is long, pointed posteriorly, rounded before. Below it is divided longitudinally by a median groove. The rhomboidal jaws are covered with imbricating scales. The radula is rather short. The formula of teeth is typically ∞ 5. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Bryani
''Phasianella'', common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate. The animal has long tentacles, and has usually pectinated head lobes. These frontal lobes distinguish this genus from ''Tricolia'', which lacks frontal lobes. The epipodial line contains generally cirrhi. The branchial plume is long. The narrow foot is long, pointed posteriorly, rounded before. Below it is divided longitudinally by a median groove. The rhomboidal jaws are covered with imbricating scales. The radula is rather short. The formula of teeth is typically ∞ 5. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Molokaiensis
''Phasianella'', common name the pheasant shells, is a genus of small sea snails with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description The white shell has a bulimiform or subglobose shape. It is polished, without epidermis or nacre, variegated with bright colors. The heavy operculum is calcareous, internally paucispiral, with a nucleus near the basal margin. It is externally convex. The columella is smooth, arcuate and not dentate. The animal has long tentacles, and has usually pectinated head lobes. These frontal lobes distinguish this genus from ''Tricolia'', which lacks frontal lobes. The epipodial line contains generally cirrhi. The branchial plume is long. The narrow foot is long, pointed posteriorly, rounded before. Below it is divided longitudinally by a median groove. The rhomboidal jaws are covered with imbricating scales. The radula is rather short. The formula of teeth is typically ∞ 5. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Ventricosa
''Phasianella ventricosa'', common name the swollen pheasant shell or common pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Phasianella ventricosa Swainson, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731224 on 2022-01-04 Description The shell of an adult ''Phasianella ventricosa'' can be as long as . It is a medium weight shell, with rounded whorls. The surface is smooth and glossy. The basic coloration is brick-red with fawn or cream axial streaks and alternating brown and white spiral lines. Distribution This species is endemic to Australia, from New South Wales to Western Australia and Tasmania. It lives on kelp Kelps are large brown algae seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera. Despite its appearance, kelp is not a plant - it is a heterokont, a completely unrelated gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Solida
''Phasianella solida'', common name the solid pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. 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. (Description of ''Phasianella aethiopica'') The height of the shell varies between 12 mm and 35 mm. The thick, solid shell has a pointed-ovate shape. The 5–6 whorls are moderately convex, sloping below the sutures. The oblique, ovate aperture is about half the length of shell. The thickened columella has a heavy white or rosy callus, and is subdentate near the posterior angle of the aperture. The color of the shell is light brown or rose, with revolving series of arrow-shapeci or irregular flecks of lighter shade, or with longitudinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Australis
''Phasianella australis'', common names the Australian pheasant, painted lady, and pheasant snail, is a medium-sized to large species of sea snail with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. Description This is the largest shell in the genus Phansianelle, with its height varying between 40 mm and 100 mm. The rather thin shell is elongatedand has a pointed-ovate shape. The conical spire is elevated. The shell contains 7-8 somewhat convex whorls. These are slightly flattened below the sutures. The long-ovate aperture is somewhat pyriform and forms usually less than half the total length of shell. The outer lip is thin. The columella shows more or less a white shining callus. The surface of the shell is variously longitudinally clouded and transversely articulated with red and purple olive on a polished flesh-colored, cream or white ground. The color pattern is extremely variable. Distribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phasianella Nivosa
''Phasianella nivosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. Description The shell grows to a height of 2 cm. The spire attains a moderate height with rounded whorls. The color of the shell has a pale to dark background with lighter, thick for thin, broken bands. Habitat This species is found on algae in the eulittoral zone. Distribution This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... References * Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea.'' Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp. External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulithidium Adamsi
''Eulithidium adamsi'' is a species of minute colorful sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant shells. Description The shell grows to a height of 3.8 mm. The elongate shell has a pointed ovate shape. It is rather thin, smooth, and shining. The spire is conic. It contains about 5 rather convex whorls, separated by well impressed sutures. The rose colored apex is acute. The oval aperture is oblique. The outer lip is thin and translucent. The Columella has with a white callus which is somewhat distended at the slightly impressed and grooved subperforate or imperforate umbilical region. The color of the shell is white, yellow or pale rose, more or less clouded longitudinally with rose, orange or brown, sometimes only with subsutural and peripheral series of short flammules. The entire surface is closely and regularly punctate with pink or orange, and white. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulithidium Affine
''Eulithidium affine'', common name the polka-dot pheasant or the spotted pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae. Description The height of the shell reaches 6.2 mm. The elongate shell has a pointed ovate shape. It is thin, smooth, and shining. The spire is conic. It contains about 5 rather convex whorls, separated by well impressed sutures. The acute apex is rose colored. The oval aperture is oblique. The outer lip is thin and translucent. The columella has a white callus which is somewhat distended at the slightly impressed and grooved subperforate or imperforate umbilical region. The color of the shell is white, yellow or pale rose, more or less clouded longitudinally with rose, orange or brown, sometimes only with subsutural and peripheral series of short flammules, the entire surface closely and regularly punctate with pink or orange, and white. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricolia Africana
''Tricolia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tricoliinae of the family Phasianellidae. This genus formerly belonged to the family Tricoliidae. Description This genus consists of small species with a head without frontal lobes. The shell is ovate, elongated, and imperforate. The radula has a broad, simple median tooth, overlying the bases of the inner laterals. These are subrhomboidal, produced at their outer angles into wings which overlie the bases of the adjacent tooth outward, and have denticulate cusps. The outer lateral is narrow, not produced on the outer angle. The marginal teeth have long simple cusps, The columella is smooth, arcuate, and not dentate. Distribution The species occurs in all tropical and subtropical seas. Species Species within the genus ''Tricolia'' include: * '' Tricolia adusta'' Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006 * ''Tricolia algoidea'' (Pallary, 1920) * ''Tricolia bicarinata'' Dunker, 1846 * ''Tricolia capensis'' (Dun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricolia
''Tricolia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tricoliinae of the family Phasianellidae. This genus formerly belonged to the family Tricoliidae. Description This genus consists of small species with a head without frontal lobes. The shell is ovate, elongated, and imperforate. The radula has a broad, simple median tooth, overlying the bases of the inner laterals. These are subrhomboidal, produced at their outer angles into wings which overlie the bases of the adjacent tooth outward, and have denticulate cusps. The outer lateral is narrow, not produced on the outer angle. The marginal teeth have long simple cusps, The columella is smooth, arcuate, and not dentate. Distribution The species occurs in all tropical and subtropical seas. Species Species within the genus ''Tricolia'' include: * '' Tricolia adusta'' Nangammbi & Herbert, 2006 * '' Tricolia algoidea'' (Pallary, 1920) * '' Tricolia bicarinata'' Dunker, 1846 * '' Tricolia capensis'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
