Eulithidium thalassicola

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Eulithidium thalassicola
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Several shells of Eulithidium thalassicola
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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)
Synonyms
  • Tricolia tesselataauct. non C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Tricolia thalassicolaRobertson, 1958 (original combination)
  • Turbo umbilicatusd'Orbigny, 1842

Eulithidium thalassicola, common name the turtle grass pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae. [1]

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Description

The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7.1 mm.

Distribution

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.

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