Eulithidium diantha

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Eulithidium diantha
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. diantha
Binomial name
Eulithidium diantha
(McLean, 1970)
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[]

The height of the shell varies between 1.7 mm and 2.1 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands, off Cocos Island and off Costa Rica.

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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[]

  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Eulithidium diantha". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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