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Phasianella australis Australian Pheasant, Painted Lady

Phasianella australis is commonly referred to as Australian Pheasant, Painted Lady. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Phasianella australis, Edithburgh, SA, Australia 2015


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lexID:
12848 
AphiaID:
527558 
Scientific:
Phasianella australis 
German:
Australische Fasanenschnecke 
English:
Australian Pheasant, Painted Lady 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Phasianellidae (Family) > Phasianella (Genus) > australis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Australia, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia) 
Sea depth:
1 - 11 Meter 
Size:
1.57" - 3.94" (4cm - 10cm) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-03-06 08:59:46 

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Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791)

Phasianella australis is a snail with a calcareous operculum and a colorfully patterned shell. The colour pattern is extremely variable.

Australian Pheasant is an algae grazer.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum australe Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Phasianella venusta Reeve, 1848
Turbo pulcher Lightfoot, 1786 (senior synonym but likely invalid under ICZN Article 23.9.1)

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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