Tegula picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.[1][2]
| Tegula picta | |
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| View of a shell of Tegula picta | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Tegula picta McLean, 1970
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| Synonyms | |
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Tegula (Agathistoma) picta McLean, 1970 | |
Description
editThe 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
editThis 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.