# Eulithidium pulloides

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Eulithidium pulloides
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| authority = ([Carpenter](/source/Philip_Pearsall_Carpenter), 1865)<ref>Carpenter,  Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, xy,1865, p. 180</ref>
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| synonyms =
* ''Eulithidium pulloide'' [sic] (misspelling)
* ''Phasianella compta'' var. ''pulloides'' <small>Carpenter, 1865</small> (original combination)
* ''Tricolia pulloides'' <small>(Carpenter, 1865)</small>
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'''''Eulithidium pulloides''''' is a [species](/source/species) of small [sea snail](/source/sea_snail) with [calcareous](/source/calcareous) [opercula](/source/operculum_(gastropod)), a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Phasianellidae](/source/Phasianellidae), the pheasant snails.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2014). Eulithidium pulloides. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767148 on 2014-11-07</ref><ref>Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.</ref>

==Description==
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The shell grows to a height of 2.5&nbsp;mm. The shell is somewhat similar to ''[Tricolia pullus](/source/Tricolia_pullus)'', but is more solid, compact, and has a shorter [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)). The [suture](/source/Suture_(anatomy)) is distinct.
==Distribution==
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off [California](/source/California).

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Tricolia+pulloides Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)]
* [http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Tricolia+pulloides USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection]
* [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=70145 ITIS]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=767148 World Register of Marine Species]
* {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=53669|title=''Eulithidium pulloides''|access-date=16 January 2019}}

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Category:Phasianellidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1865
Category:Taxa named by Philip Pearsall Carpenter

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