''Eulithidium'' is a

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of small colorful

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s in the

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Phasianellidae Phasianellidae common name the "pheasant shells" or "pheasant snails" is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Vetigastropoda Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomi ...

, 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

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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 ''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'' ...

'' (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) Eulithidium affine 001

References

Pilsbry H.A. 1898. ''Note on the subgenus Eucosmia'' Cpr. The Nautilus, 12: 60.

External links

* Phasianellidae {{Phasianellidae-stub