Eulithidium pulloides

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Eulithidium pulloides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. pulloides
Binomial name
Eulithidium pulloides
(Carpenter, 1865) [1]
Synonyms
  • Eulithidium pulloide [sic] (misspelling)
  • Phasianella compta var. pulloidesCarpenter, 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]

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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.

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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.