Species Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861)
Minute Pheasant
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Collonia variabilis Pease, W.H. 1861. Descriptions of 47 new species of shells from the Sandwich Islands, in the collection of H. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1860: 431-438 [436].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1963331, Sandwich [Hawaiian] Islands. - Eutropia (Tricolia) virgo Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13 [115, pl. 13, fig. 25].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1870.10.26.137, "Coodgee" (Coogee] Bay, New South Wales [Australia]. - Phasianella megastoma Pilsbry, H.A. 1895. Catalogue of the Marine Mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns. Detroit : F. Stearns viii, 196 pp., pls 1-11. [90, pl. 8, fig. 9].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 70952, Nemoto, "Boshiu" [Japan]. - Phasianella oligomphala Pilsbry, H.A. 1895. Catalogue of the Marine Mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns. Detroit : F. Stearns viii, 196 pp., pls 1-11. [91, 196, pl. 8, fig. 8].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 70951, Nemoto and Tokyo Harbour [Japan]. - Phasianella variabilis Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii, I-III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 69: 207-230, pls 14-15 [207, 208, 230, pl. 15, fig. 11].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 116188, north shore Kahoolawe [Hawaiian Islands]. - Phasianella bryani Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii, I-III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 69: 207-230, pls 14-15 [207-209, pl. 15, fig. 13].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 116320, Haleiwa, west coast of Oahu [Hawaiian Islands]. - Phasianella molokaiensis Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii, I-III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 69: 207-230, pls 14-15 [207-209, 230, pl. 15, fig. 10].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 117054, Moomomi, on the north coast of western Molokai [Hawaiian Islands]. - Phasianella thaanumi Pilsbry, H.A. 1917. Marine Mollusks of Hawaii, I-III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 69: 207-230, pls 14-15 [207, 209, 230, pl. 15, fig. 12, 14].
Type data:
Holotype ANSP 117053, Hilo, Hawaii. - Phasianella gregaria Laseron, C. 1955. The identity of Phasianella virgo. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1953-54: 77-78, text figs 1 & 2 [77, fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype AM C.64003 dry, on seaweed, Sydney north, Collaroy, Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°44'34.8'S, 151°18'36'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West-Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103 [98-99] (see reference from complete synonymy)
Generic Combinations
- Pellax gregaria (Laseron, 1955). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [34] - Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861). —
Robertson, R. 1985. Archaeogastropod biology and the systematics of the genus Tricolia (Trochacea: Tricoliidae) in the Indo-West-Pacific. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 3: 1-103 [72-102, pls 55-96]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [103]
Beechey, D. 2005. Tricolia variabilis (Pease, 1861). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turbinidae/Pages/Tricolia_variabilis.htm - Pellax virgo (Angas, 1867). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [34]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Algal substrate, low intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal.
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [71] (Minute Pheasant)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TURBINIDAE | 10-Oct-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 19-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |