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Eulithidium pulloides

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

Description

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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

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

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  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.
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  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • ITIS
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Eulithidium pulloides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.