Eulithidium thalassicola

Eulithidium thalassicola
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)
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]

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.

References

1. Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.

• d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques. Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2: 1–112, pls. 10–21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris.
• Robertson, R. 1958. The family Phasianellidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3: 245–283.
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• "Eulithidium thalassicola". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.