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Phasianellidae - Phasianellinae: Phasianella ventricosa Swainson, 1822 ('swollen pheasant-shell')
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Synonym(s):
ventricosa Swainson, 1822
perdix Wood, 1828
reticulata Reeve, 1862.
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Figures a-b: 50 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N). Figure c: 46 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N). Figure d: 29 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N). Figure e: 14 mm, Leith, Tas (N). Figures f-g: 3 mm, Burnie, Tas (N). Figures h-I: 17 mm, Battery Island, Tas (N). |
Typical shell-length 50 mm. A thick-set shell. Brick-red colouration sometimes overlain with darker or paler wavy axial lines. The animal bears a chalky-white, teardrop-shaped operculum, which is sometimes beached alongside shells of this species. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass, including in exposed environments.
Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA). In Tasmania this species is largely confined to the N coast and Bass Strait islands, where often common. Specimens from further S are likely to be subfossils, dating from a past warmer period.
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