Eulithidium phasianella

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

Eulithidium phasianella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Subfamily:	Tricoliinae
Genus:	Eulithidium
Species:	E. phasianella
Binomial name
Eulithidium phasianella (Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms
Tricolia phasianella (Philippi, R.A., 1849)

Description

The shell grows to a height of 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Nicaragua to Peru, but not off Galapagos Islands.