Eulithidium pulloides

Eulithidium pulloides is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant snails.^[2][3]

Eulithidium pulloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Phasianellidae
Subfamily:	Tricoliinae
Genus:	Eulithidium
Species:	E. pulloides
Binomial name
Eulithidium pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
Eulithidium pulloide [sic] (misspelling) Phasianella compta var. pulloides Carpenter, 1865 (original combination) Tricolia pulloides (Carpenter, 1865)

Description

The shell grows to a height of 2.5 mm. The shell is somewhat similar to Tricolia pullus, but is more solid, compact, and has a shorter spire. The suture is distinct.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off California.