Eulithidium rubrilineatum
Eulithidium rubrilineatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
Family: | Phasianellidae |
Genus: | Eulithidium |
Species: | E. rubrilineatum |
Binomial name | |
Eulithidium rubrilineatum (Strong, 1928) | |
Eulithidium rubrilineatum, common name the red line pheasant, is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]
Description
This very small shell grows to a height of 1.6 mm. The shell has a depressed turbinate shape. It contains 4-5 whorls. The umbilicus is only a small depression. The calcareous operculum has a white color. The shell shows about a dozen red, oblique spiral lines. The shoulders of the whorls are red with large white spots.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.
References
- ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Eulithidium rubrilineatum (Strong, 1928). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528061 on 2013-02-10
- ↑ 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
- ↑ R. Tucker Abbott (1954), American Seashells; Van Nostrand Rheinhold, New York
External links
External identifiers for Eulithidium rubrilineatum | |
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Encyclopedia of Life | 582423 |
ITIS | 567568 |
WoRMS | 528061 |
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