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Pheasant shell

Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The pheasant shell (Tricolia pullus) is a species in the family Phasianellidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the pheasant shell

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 pheasant shell live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pheasant shell as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pheasant shell 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 pheasant shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyPhasianellidae
  6. genusTricolia
  7. SpeciesTricolia pullus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Eudora pullus, Eudora pullus var. mediocris, Eudora pullus var. sanguinolaria, Phasianella crassa, Phasianella fascicularis, Phasianella pontica, Phasianella pulla, Phasianella pulla var. albina, Phasianella pulla var. tricolor, Phasianella pulla var. zigzag, Phasianella pullulus, Phasianella pullus, Phasianella pullus var. bipunctata, Phasianella pullus var. flammulata, Phasianella pullus var. lineata, Phasianella pullus var. rosea, Phasianella pullus var. unifasciata, Tricolia hoberti brindisfax, Tricolia pontica, Tricolia pullus farolita, Tricolia pullus pullus, Tricolia punctata, Tricolia tricolor, Tricoliella punctata, Turbo flammeus, Turbo pullus, Turbo pullus pullus

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • European pheasant shellEnglish
  • Lesser pheasant snailEnglish
  • Pheasant-shellEnglish
  • bažantovka evropskáCzech
  • FasankükenGerman
  • Phasianelle minusculeFrench
  • ヒヨコサラサバイJapanese
  • dekselhorenDutch
  • Dreifarbige FasanenschneckeGerman
  • FasanschneckeGerman
  • Kleine DoppelfußschneckeGerman
  • Europese dekselhorenDutch
  • gewone dekselhorenDutch
  • Kleine dekselhorenDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pheasant shell

Other species in the same genus Tricolia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pheasant shell an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pheasant shell as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pheasant shell?

The pheasant shell (Tricolia pullus) belongs to the family Phasianellidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pheasant shell (Tricolia pullus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tricolia-pullus

MLA

“Pheasant shell (Tricolia pullus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tricolia-pullus.

BibTeX
@misc{tricolia_pullus_2026,
  title = {Pheasant shell (Tricolia pullus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tricolia-pullus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}