Variable Pheasant
Hiloa variabilis
- Usual depth1–100 m
- Water temperature18–30 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Hiloa variabilis, common name the minute pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Hiloa variabilis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 32 records
- February: 23 records
- March: 9 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 12 records
- July: 25 records
- August: 16 records
- September: 13 records
- October: 12 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–100 m · Deepest record: 100 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Variable Pheasant
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ベニバイ
- Korean
- 분홍유리고둥
Other scientific names: Collonia variabilis, Eutropia (Tricolia) virgo, Eutropia virgo, Phasianella bryani, Phasianella gregaria, Phasianella megastoma, Phasianella molokaiensis, Phasianella oligomphala, Phasianella thaanumi, Phasianella variabilis, Tricolia oligomphala, Tricolia variabilis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 363 open-data records from 1879 to 2019.
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