Eulithidium bellum
Views of a shell of Eulithidium bellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. bellum
Binomial name
Eulithidium bellum
(M. Smith, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Littorina adamsii Reeve, 1857
  • Phasianella bella M. Smith, 1937
  • Tricolia bella (M. Smith, 1937)
  • Tricolia bellum M. Smith, 1937
  • Tricolia cebeadamsi Nordsieck, 1973
  • Turbo caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962
  • Turbo pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1845

Eulithidium bellum, common name the shouldered pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

Description

Th height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

References

  • Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 1–17.
  • Reeve, L. 1857. Monograph of the genus Littorina. Conchologia Iconica 10: pls. 1-16
  • Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193): 672 pp., 48 pls.
  • Nordsieck, F. 1973. Genus Tricolia Risso 1826 in the European Seas. La Conchiglia 5(55-56): 3–10.
  • Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 62
  • 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
  • "Eulithidium bellum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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