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Painted lady

Phasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The painted lady (Phasianella australis) is a species in the family Phasianellidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the painted lady

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the painted lady live?

Not recorded

Is the painted lady endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the painted lady classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyPhasianellidae
  6. genusPhasianella
  7. SpeciesPhasianella australis (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Buccinum australe, Buccinum australis, Helix phasianus, Phasianella australis var. subsanguinea, Phasianella bulimoides, Phasianella decorata, Phasianella delicatula, Phasianella lehmanni, Phasianella picta, Phasianella preissii, Phasianella pulchella, Phasianella tritonis, Phasianella varia, Phasianella variegata, Phasianella venusta, Phasianus variegata, Trochus phasianella, Turbo pulcher

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Painted-lady pheasant shellEnglish
  • bažantovka australskáCzech
  • Australische FasanenschneckeGerman
  • オオサラサバイJapanese
  • Австралийская фазианеллаRussian
  • fazianela austrálskaSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the painted lady

Other species in the same genus Phasianella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the painted lady?

The painted lady (Phasianella australis) belongs to the family Phasianellidae in the order Trochida.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Painted lady (Phasianella australis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phasianella-australis

MLA

“Painted lady (Phasianella australis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phasianella-australis.

BibTeX
@misc{phasianella_australis_2026,
  title = {Painted lady (Phasianella australis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phasianella-australis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}