Tegula picta
| Tegula picta | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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 | |
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| WoRMS | 575635 |
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Tegula (Agathistoma) picta
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