Belongs within: Vetigastropoda.
Phasianella is an Indo-West Pacific genus of complexly patterned, conical shells (Wilson 1993).
Characters (Wilson 1993): Conical, elongate to subglobose; whorls convex, glossy, brightly coloured and complexly patterned; periostracum absent; non-umbilicate; aperture oblique, teardrop-shaped, angular above, rounded below; outer lip sharp-edged; inner lip narrow, formed by porcelaineous callus on parietal wall, meeting outer lip in continuous curve; operculum oval, pointed posteriorly, paucispiral, made of thick calcareous material on thin horny inner layer.
<==Phasianella Lamarck 1804BR05 (see below for synonymy)
|--*P. australis (Gmelin 1791) (see below for synonymy)KC60
|--P. bulimoidesO27
|--P. perforataO27
|--P. pulchra Gray 1827 (n. d.)H08
|--P. pullaPP64
|--P. rostrataG20
|--P. rubensR65
|--P. solida (Born 1778) [incl. P. solida angasi Crosse 1864]W93
|--P. speciosaPP64
|--P. sulcosa Mighels 1843J49
|--P. tomliniM54
|--P. tritonis [incl. P. delicatula]P79
|--P. variata Lycett 1863G01
|--P. variegata Lamarck 1822 [=*Orthomesus variegatus; incl. P. montebelloensis Preston 1914]W93
`--P. ventricosa Swainson 1822WG71 [=*Mimelenchus ventricosusW93; incl. P. perdix Wood 1828WG71]
Nomen nudum: Phasianella rubraC64
Phasianella Lamarck 1804BR05 [=Bolina Rafinesque 1815KC60, Eutropia Gray 1847KC60, BR17, Orthopnoea Gistel 1847KC60, Phasianus de Montfort 1810 non Linnaeus 1758KC60; incl. Mimelenchus Iredale 1924KC60, Orthomesus Pilsbry 1888KC60; Eutropiidae, Eutropiinae, Eutropina, Phasianellinae]
*Phasianella australis (Gmelin 1791) [=Buccinum australe, *Bolina australis, *Eutropia australis, *Orthopnoea australis, *Phasianus australis]KC60
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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