Eulithidium thalassicola, common name the turtle grass pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.[1]
Eulithidium thalassicola | |
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Several shells of Eulithidium thalassicola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Genus: | Eulithidium |
Species: | E. thalassicola
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Binomial name | |
Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)
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Synonyms | |
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Description
editThe height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7.1 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- "Eulithidium thalassicola". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.