Eulithidium pulloides

Eulithidium pulloides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Subfamily:	Tricoliinae
Genus:	Tricolia
Species:	T. pulloides
Binomial name
	Tricolia pulloides; (Carpenter, 1865)
Synonyms
	Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865); Phasianella compta var. pulloides Carpenter, 1865 (original combination);

Tricolia pulloides is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.^[2]^[3]

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. The shell is somewhat similar to Tricolia pullus, but is more solid, compact, and has a shorter spire. The suture is distinct.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.

References

^ Carpenter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180
^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia pulloides (Carpenter, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575262 on 2013-02-10
^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

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[1] Carpenter, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2012). Tricolia pulloides (Carpenter, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575262 on 2013-02-10

[3] Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

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