- Source: Phasianotrochus sericinus
Phasianotrochus sericinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Description
The elongated, ovate-pointed shell is thick, solid, polished. The ovate aperture is longer than broad. The columella is arcuate, bearing usually a tooth-like projection in the middle.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Cockburn Sound, Western Australia.
References
Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5.
Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
External links
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To World Register of Marine Species
"Phasianotrochus rutilus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
