Eulithidium bellum

Eulithidium bellum
	Views of a shell of Eulithidium bellum
Scientific 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.

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

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

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