African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)

AfReMaS taxon details

Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 37830)

AphiaID

208625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208625)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Phasianella Lamarck, 1804

Original name

Helix solida Born, 1778

Synonymised names

Phasianella aethiopica R. A. Philippi, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Phasianella grata R. A. Philippi, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Phasianella jaspidea Reeve, 1862 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of P....)

invalid: junior homonym of P. variegata de Roissy, 1805; junior subjective synonym of P. solida

Phasianella zigzag Odhner, 1919 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phasianella solida (Born, 1778). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208625 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Phasianella solida (Born, 1778). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208625 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-03-07 10:24:57Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2012-05-20 17:14:28Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2023-11-09 20:18:27Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Phasianella aethiopica R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Die Gattungen Phasianella und Bankivia. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes fünfte bis achte Abtheilung. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. 2(5): 1-52, pls 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34336579
page(s): 7 [details]

original description (of Phasianella grata R. A. Philippi, 1853) Philippi, R. A. (1853). Die Gattungen Phasianella und Bankivia. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes fünfte bis achte Abtheilung. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. 2(5): 1-52, pls 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34336579
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Phasianella zigzag Odhner, 1919) Odhner, N. H. J. (1919). Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi. 12(6): 1-52., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070
page(s): 31, pl. 2, fig. 25 [details]

original description (of Phasianella variegata Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 53 [details]

original description (of Phasianella jaspidea Reeve, 1862) Reeve, L. A. (1862). Monograph of the genus Phasianella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 13, pls 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: May 1862]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27365948
page(s): Pl. 4, sp. 11. [details]

original description (of ) Born, I. von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 [details]

basis of record Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.
page(s): 109 [details]

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 14. [details]

additional source Moolenbeek, R. G. ; Dekker, H. (1993). The "Pheasant Shells"of Oman (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 52(2):141-148. [details] Available for editors

additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp. [details]