Eulithidium umbilicatum

Eulithidium umbilicatum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.[1][2]

Eulithidium umbilicatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Phasianellidae
Subfamily: Tricoliinae
Genus: Eulithidium
Species:
E. umbilicatum
Binomial name
Eulithidium umbilicatum
(d'Orbigny, 1840)
Synonyms

Tricolia umbilicata (d'Orbigny, 1840)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium umbilicatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767156 on 2014-11-07
  2. 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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