Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Trochida
Superfamilia: Trochoidea
Familia: Phasianellidae
Subfamiliae (3): Gabrieloninae – Phasianellinae – Tricoliinae
Genera incertae sedis (2): Eulithidium – Hiloa
Overview of genera (7)
Eulithidium – Gabrielona – Hiloa – Mimelenchus – Orthomesus – Phasianella – Tricolia
Name
Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840
Type taxon: Phasianella Lamarck, 1804
References
Links
Phasianellidae in the World Register of Marine Species
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.[1]
Taxonomy
The family Phasianellidae consists of three subfamilies:[1]
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
Additionally there are two additional genera not placed in any subfamily:
Eulithidium Pilsbry, 1898
Hiloa Pilsbry, 1917
References
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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