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Phasianella solida

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Phasianelloidea

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Scientific name
  
Phasianella solida

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Phasianella, Phasianellidae, Phasianella variegata, Phasianella australis, Phasianella ventricosa

Phasianella solida, common name the solid pheasant, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.

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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.

Distribution

This quite common species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific: off southern Australia, the Philippines and Japan. It lives at intertidal depths up to 15 m.

References

Phasianella solida Wikipedia


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