Eulithidium pterocladicum

Eulithidium pterocladicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

Eulithidium pterocladicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Phasianelloidea
Family:
Phasianellidae
Genus:
Eulithidium
Species:
E. pterocladicum
Binomial name
Eulithidium pterocladicum
(Robertson, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Tricolia affinis pterocladica Robertson, 1958 (original combination)
  • Tricolia pterocladia sic
  • Tricolia pterocladica Robertson, 1958
  • Tricolia tessellata auct. non Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Description

The shell grows to a height of 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.

References
  1. Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 March 2013.
  • Robertson, R. 1958. The family Phasianellidae in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 3: 245–283
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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