Eulithidium thalassicola

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Eulithidium thalassicola
Several shells of Eulithidium thalassicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. thalassicola
Binomial name
Eulithidium thalassicola
(Robertson, 1958)
Synonyms
  • Tricolia tesselata auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958 (original combination)
  • Turbo umbilicatus d'Orbigny, 1842

Eulithidium thalassicola, common name the turtle grass pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phasianellidae.[1]

The height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 7.1 mm.

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