Eulithidium bellum

Eulithidium bellum, common name the shouldered pheasant shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.

Eulithidium bellum
Views of a shell of Eulithidium bellum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Genus:	Eulithidium
Species:	E. bellum
Binomial name
Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
Synonyms
Littorina adamsii Reeve, 1857 Phasianella bella M. Smith, 1937 Tricolia bella (M. Smith, 1937) Tricolia bellum M. Smith, 1937 Tricolia cebeadamsi Nordsieck, 1973 Turbo caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962 Turbo pulchellus C. B. Adams, 1845

Description

Th height of the shell varies between 2 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Brazil.

References

• Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 1–17.
• Reeve, L. 1857. Monograph of the genus Littorina. Conchologia Iconica 10: pls. 1–16
• Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193): 672 pp., 48 pls.
• Nordsieck, F. 1973. Genus Tricolia Risso 1826 in the European Seas. La Conchiglia 5(55–56): 3–10.
• Abbott R. T. (1974). American Seashells. The marine mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. II edit. Van Nostrand, New York 663 p. + 24 pl: page(s): 62
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
• 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

External links

• "Eulithidium bellum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.