Eulithidium is a genus of small colorful sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant shells.[1]
| Eulithidium | |
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| Eulithidium thalassicola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Phasianellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tricoliinae |
| Genus: | Eulithidium Pilsbry, 1898 |
| Synonyms | |
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Eucosmia Carpenter, 1864, non Stephens, 1831 (replacement name) | |
Several species in this genus were originally placed in the genus Eucosmia. However, the name Eucosmia was pre-occupied in zoology for a group of moths established by Stephens in 1829. The molluscan Eucosmia was therefore called Eulithidium to distinguish it from the group of Lepidoptera.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Eulithidium include:
- Eulithidium adamsi (Philippi, 1853)[3]
- Eulithidium affine (C. B. Adams, 1850)[4]
- Eulithidium beaui (Robertson, 1958)
- Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)[5]
- Eulithidium comptum (Gould, 1855)
- Eulithidium cyclostoma (Carpenter, 1864)
- Eulithidium diantha (McLean, 1970)
- Eulithidium macleani (Marincovich, 1973)
- Eulithidium perforatum (Philippi, 1848)
- Eulithidium phasianella (Philippi, 1849)
- Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958)[6]
- Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)
- Eulithidium rubrilineatum (Strong, 1928)
- Eulithidium substriatum (Carpenter, 1864)
- Eulithidium tessellatum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[7]
- Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)[8]
- Eulithidium umbilicatum (d'Orbigny, 1840)
- Eulithidium variegatum (Carpenter, 1864)
References edit
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- ^ Eulithidium. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 March 2013.
- ^ Pilsbry H.A. 1898. Note on the subgenus Eucosmia Cpr. The Nautilus, 12: 60
- ^ Eulithidium adamsi (Philippi, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Eulithidium affine (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Eulithidium pterocladicum (Robertson, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Eulithidium tessellatum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.