Tegula picta

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Tegula picta
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View of a shell of Tegula picta
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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) pictaMcLean, 1970

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

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Description

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

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

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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.