Taxon profile
species
Turtlegrass Pheasant
Turtlegrass Pheasant
Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Trochida » family Phasianellidae » genus Eulithidium
ID: 510000
pID: 509951
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Milan Kořínek
Created: 2008-06-16 11:02:37 - User Milan Kořínek
Last change: 2019-07-19 22:22:22 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2025-04-01 17:01:42
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Text function: Turtlegrass Pheasant ([[t:510000;<em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em>]])
[[t:510000;Turtlegrass Pheasant]]
[[t:510000;<em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em>]] (Robertson, 1958)
Reference: Turtlegrass Pheasant (<a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id510000/"><em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em></a>)
pID: 509951
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Milan Kořínek
Created: 2008-06-16 11:02:37 - User Milan Kořínek
Last change: 2019-07-19 22:22:22 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2025-04-01 17:01:42
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id510000/
Text function: Turtlegrass Pheasant ([[t:510000;<em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em>]])
[[t:510000;Turtlegrass Pheasant]]
[[t:510000;<em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em>]] (Robertson, 1958)
Reference: Turtlegrass Pheasant (<a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id510000/"><em>Eulithidium thalassicola</em></a>)
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Author: Jan Delsing
Author: Jan Delsing
Author: Tunnell et al.
Author: Daccarett, E.Y. & Bossio, V.S.
Author: Rios, E.
Taxon in country check-lists*
North America: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, United States of America (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas), South America: Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109421
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2021-05-30 19:54:01 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 109421
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Eulithidium thalassicola (Robertson, 1958) Turtlegrass Pheasant
Distribution: Texas, North Carolina to Florida to Brazil. Size: 3 to 7 mm.
Description: Color variegated with whitish spots with greenish-brown and/or darker thin axial bands; shape broadly ovate; sculpture smooth with fine, microscopic, irregular axial growth lines; body whorl about 3/4 length of shell; apex small; aperture broad and subcircular with parietal shield at posterior end of aperture; umbilicus narrow. Habitat: As the name implies, primarily on seagrass beds of Thalassia testidinum (turtle grass).
Synonyms: Turbo umbilicatus d'Orbigny, 1842; Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958.
Distribution: Texas, North Carolina to Florida to Brazil. Size: 3 to 7 mm.
Description: Color variegated with whitish spots with greenish-brown and/or darker thin axial bands; shape broadly ovate; sculpture smooth with fine, microscopic, irregular axial growth lines; body whorl about 3/4 length of shell; apex small; aperture broad and subcircular with parietal shield at posterior end of aperture; umbilicus narrow. Habitat: As the name implies, primarily on seagrass beds of Thalassia testidinum (turtle grass).
Synonyms: Turbo umbilicatus d'Orbigny, 1842; Tricolia thalassicola Robertson, 1958.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Eulithidium thalassicola Robertson, 1958]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013