Tegula picta
| Tegula picta | |
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| View of a shell of Tegula picta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Tegulidae |
| Genus: | Tegula |
| 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
[edit]The shells of most species of sea snails are spirally coiled. The height of the shell is 18.5 mm, its diameter 20.2 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Ecuador to Peru.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tegula picta.
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Tegula (Agathistoma) picta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.