Eulithidium beaui

Eulithidium beaui is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[2]

Eulithidium beaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. beaui
Binomial name
Eulithidium beaui
(Robertson, 1958) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tricolia affinis beaui Robertson, 1958
  • Tricolia beaui Robertson, 1958

Description

The shell grows to a height of 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Antigua, Martinique, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago

References

  1. Robertson, R. 1958. The family Phasianellidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3: 245-283
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Eulithidium beaui (Robertson, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532820 on 2013-02-10


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.