Eulithidium diantha

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Eulithidium diantha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. diantha
Binomial name
Eulithidium diantha
(McLean, 1970)
Synonyms

Tricolia dianthaMcLean, J.H., 1970

Eulithidium diantha is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails. [1] [2]

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Description

The height of the shell varies between 1.7 mm and 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands, off Cocos Island and off Costa Rica.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium diantha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767153 on 2014-11-07
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.