Eulithidium diantha

Eulithidium diantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Tricoliinae
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.
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Eulithidium diantha". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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