Eulithidium thalassicola | |
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Several shells of Eulithidium thalassicola | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Genus: | Eulithidium |
Species: | E. thalassicola |
Binomial name | |
Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958) | |
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Eulithidium thalassicola, common name the turtle grass pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. [1]
The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7.1 mm.
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.