Eulithidium phasianella

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Eulithidium phasianella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. phasianella
Binomial name
Eulithidium phasianella
(Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms

Tricolia phasianella(Philippi, R.A., 1849)

Eulithidium phasianella 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 shell grows to a height of 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua to Peru, but not off Galapagos Islands.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium phasianella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767155 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.