Eulithidium diantha
Appearance
Eulithidium diantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
Genus: | Eulithidium |
Species: | E. diantha
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Binomial name | |
Eulithidium diantha (McLean, 1970)
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Synonyms | |
Tricolia diantha McLean, J.H., 1970 |
Eulithidium diantha is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The height of the shell varies between 1.7 mm and 2.1 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands, off Cocos Island and off Costa Rica.
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium diantha. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767153 on 2014-11-07
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
[edit]- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Eulithidium diantha". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.