Eulithidium pulloides

Eulithidium pulloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Phasianelloidea
Family:Phasianellidae
Genus:Eulithidium
Species: E. pulloides
Binomial name
Eulithidium pulloides
(Carpenter, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eulithidium pulloide [sic] (misspelling)
  • Phasianella compta var. pulloides Carpenter, 1865 (original combination)
  • Tricolia pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)

Eulithidium pulloides is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. The shell is somewhat similar to Tricolia pullus, but is more solid, compact, and has a shorter spire. The suture is distinct.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium pulloides. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767148 on 2014-11-07
  3. ↑ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.


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