Tegula picta

Tegula picta
View of a shell of Tegula picta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Tegulidae
Genus: Tegula (gastropod)
Species: T. picta
Binomial name
Tegula picta
McLean, 1970
Synonyms

Tegula (Agathistoma) picta McLean, 1970

Tegula picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]

Description

The height of the shell is 18.5 mm, its diameter 20.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Ecuador to Peru.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Tegula picta McLean, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575635 on 2012-09-01
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Tegula picta
WoRMS 575635
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