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Eulithidium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Phasianelloidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Phasianellidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Phasianellidae, Arene, Bittiolum varium, Tricolia, Amphithalamus

Eulithidium is a genus of small colorful sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant shells.

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.

Species

Species within the genus Eulithidium include:

  • Eulithidium adamsi (Philippi, 1853)
  • Eulithidium affine (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Eulithidium beaui (Robertson, 1958)
  • Eulithidium bellum (M. Smith, 1937)
  • 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)
  • Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Eulithidium rubrilineatum (Strong, 1928)
  • Eulithidium substriatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Eulithidium tessellatum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
  • Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)
  • Eulithidium umbilicatum (d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Eulithidium variegatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • References

    Eulithidium Wikipedia