Eulithidium pulloides
| Eulithidium pulloides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
| Genus: | Eulithidium |
| Species: | E. pulloides
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| Binomial name | |
| Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)[1]
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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
[edit]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.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
References
[edit]- ^ Carpenter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180
- ^ 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
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Eulithidium pulloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.