Phasianellidae

Phasianellidae

Phasianella variegata shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Phasianellidae Swainson, 1840

Phasianellidae common name the "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails" is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Phasianellidae is placed in the superfamily Turbinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

Phasianellidae (and Colloniidae) belong in the superfamily Phasianelloidea according to Williams et al. (2008).

Genera within the family Phasianellidae include:

Phasianellinae

Gabrieloninae

Tricoliinae