WoRMS taxon details
Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791)
527558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527558)
accepted
Species
Buccinum australe Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Helix phasianus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Phasianella australis var. subsanguinea Pilsbry, 1888 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella bulimoides Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Phasianella decorata Chenu, 1859 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella delicatula Tenison Woods, 1878 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella lehmanni Menke, 1843 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella picta Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella preissii Menke, 1843 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella pulchella Tenison Woods, 1877 · unaccepted (invalid: not Récluz, 1877; P....)
invalid: not Récluz, 1877; P. delicatula Tenison Woods, 1878 is replacement name
Phasianella tritonis Anton, 1839 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Phasianella varia Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianella variegata de Roissy, 1805 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
Phasianella variegata (Montfort, 1810) · unaccepted (junior objective synonym and homonym)
Phasianella venusta Reeve, 1848 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Phasianus variegata Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted (invalid genus name)
Trochus phasianella Brookes, 1815 · unaccepted (probable junior subjective synonym)
Turbo pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (senior synonym but likely invalid...)
senior synonym but likely invalid under ICZN Article 23.9.1
- Variety Phasianella australis var. subsanguinea Pilsbry, 1888 accepted as Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Buccinum australe Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3490 [details]
page(s): 3490 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527558 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum australe Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3490 [details]
original description (of Turbo pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Phasianella venusta Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1846–1860). Initiamenta Conchologica; or elements of conchology, comprising the physiological history of shells and their molluscous inhabitants, their structure, geographical distribution, habits, characters, affinities, arrangement, and enumeration of species. Reeve Brothers, London, 2 vols. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974292
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 58 [1846, no legend]; 132 [1848] [details]
original description (of Phasianella bulimoides Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 52-53 [details]
original description (of Phasianella preissii Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Phasianella lehmanni Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Phasianus variegata Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Phasianella variegata de Roissy, 1805) Roissy, F. de. (1805). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques; livre faisant suite aux œuvres de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini. <em>Paris, Dufart.</em> tome 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753222
page(s): 331 [details]
original description (of Helix phasianus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Phasianella tritonis Anton, 1839) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Phasianella picta Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). <i>Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie</i>. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Phasianella decorata Chenu, 1859) Chenu J. C. (1859-1862). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie conchyliologique.. <i>Paris Vol. 1</i>: pp. VII + 508 [1859]. Vol. 2
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Phasianella pulchella Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Phasianella delicatula Tenison Woods, 1878) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1877: 26-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16149597
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Phasianella australis var. subsanguinea Pilsbry, 1888) Tryon, G. W. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1888-1889). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 10: Neritidae, Adeorbidae, Cyclostrematidae, Liotiidae, Phasianellidae, Turbinidae, Trochidae, Stomatiidae, Haliotidae, Pleurotomariidae. pp 1-323, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-20, Mar. 16, 1888; pp. 65-144, pls 21-36, Jul. 1, 1888; pp. 145-160, pls 37-39, Oct. 1, 1888; pp. 161-208, [iii], pls 40-45, Oct. 1, 1888; pp. 209-323, pls 39a, 46-69, Jan. 3, 1889]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11034500
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Phasianella varia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 3490 [details]
original description (of Turbo pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
original description (of Phasianella venusta Reeve, 1848) Reeve, L. A. (1846–1860). Initiamenta Conchologica; or elements of conchology, comprising the physiological history of shells and their molluscous inhabitants, their structure, geographical distribution, habits, characters, affinities, arrangement, and enumeration of species. Reeve Brothers, London, 2 vols. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15974292
page(s): pl. 12 fig. 58 [1846, no legend]; 132 [1848] [details]
original description (of Phasianella bulimoides Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 52-53 [details]
original description (of Phasianella preissii Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Phasianella lehmanni Menke, 1843) Menke, K. T. (1843). <i>Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae specimen</i>. Hannover: Libraria Aulica Hahniana. 46 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13297216
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Phasianus variegata Montfort, 1810) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Phasianella variegata de Roissy, 1805) Roissy, F. de. (1805). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Mollusques; livre faisant suite aux œuvres de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé par C. S. Sonnini. <em>Paris, Dufart.</em> tome 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753222
page(s): 331 [details]
original description (of Helix phasianus Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 108 [details]
original description (of Phasianella tritonis Anton, 1839) Anton, H. E. (1838). <i>Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer</i>. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, <i>The Veliger</i> 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Phasianella picta Blainville, 1825) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). <i>Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie</i>. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891
page(s): 439 [details]
original description (of Phasianella decorata Chenu, 1859) Chenu J. C. (1859-1862). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie conchyliologique.. <i>Paris Vol. 1</i>: pp. VII + 508 [1859]. Vol. 2
page(s): 342 [details]
original description (of Phasianella pulchella Tenison Woods, 1877) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 141 [details]
original description (of Phasianella delicatula Tenison Woods, 1878) Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1877: 26-57., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16149597
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Phasianella australis var. subsanguinea Pilsbry, 1888) Tryon, G. W. & Pilsbry, H. A. (1888-1889). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 10: Neritidae, Adeorbidae, Cyclostrematidae, Liotiidae, Phasianellidae, Turbinidae, Trochidae, Stomatiidae, Haliotidae, Pleurotomariidae. pp 1-323, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-20, Mar. 16, 1888; pp. 65-144, pls 21-36, Jul. 1, 1888; pp. 145-160, pls 37-39, Oct. 1, 1888; pp. 161-208, [iii], pls 40-45, Oct. 1, 1888; pp. 209-323, pls 39a, 46-69, Jan. 3, 1889]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11034500
page(s): 165 [details]
original description (of Phasianella varia Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 10 [details]
Other
additional source
Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81.
page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Robertson, R. (1958). The family Phasianellidae in the western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 3(37): 245–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113327
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1867). Über das Varietäten der <i>Phasianella australis</i> und dem <i>Lymnaeus stagnalis</i>. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1867: 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7915038 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 36 [details]
additional source Robertson, R. (1958). The family Phasianellidae in the western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 3(37): 245–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41113327
page(s): 255 [details]
additional source Martens, E. von. (1867). Über das Varietäten der <i>Phasianella australis</i> und dem <i>Lymnaeus stagnalis</i>. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1867: 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7915038 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phasianella australis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, South Australia, Taperoo Beach, dea...
To Malacopics (Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, South Australia, Taperoo Beach, in ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phasianella australis)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Malacopics (Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, South Australia, Taperoo Beach, dea...
To Malacopics (Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791) Australia, South Australia, Taperoo Beach, in ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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