Eulithidium rubrilineatum

Eulithidium rubrilineatum, common name the red line pheasant, is an extremely small species of sea snail with a calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]

Eulithidium rubrilineatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. rubrilineatum
Binomial name
Eulithidium rubrilineatum
(Strong, 1928)

Description

This very small shell grows to a height of 1.6 mm. The shell has a depressed turbinate shape. It contains 4-5 whorls. The umbilicus is only a small depression. The calcareous operculum has a white color. The shell shows about a dozen red, oblique spiral lines. The shoulders of the whorls are red with large white spots.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Eulithidium rubrilineatum (Strong, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528061 on 2013-02-10
  2. 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
  3. R. Tucker Abbott (1954), American Seashells; Van Nostrand Rheinhold, New York Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine


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