Biology:Eulithidium bellum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Genus: | Eulithidium |
| Species: | E. bellum
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| Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
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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
- ↑ Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 March 2013.
- 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
External links
- "Eulithidium bellum" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_2015.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3173167 entry
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