Tritonicula pickensi is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2] A number of Caribbean and western Pacific species of Tritonia were moved to a new genus Tritonicula in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.[3]

Tritonicula pickensi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Tritoniidae
Genus: Tritonicula
Species:
T. pickensi
Binomial name
Tritonicula pickensi
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)[1]

Distribution

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This species was described from the Gulf of California. It was discovered at La Jolla Shores, Southern California in 1998.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Marcus Ev.; Marcus Er. (1967). American opisthobranch mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs, Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography. 6: 1–256, pl. 1., page(s): 207-210
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967). Accessed on 2021-01-05.
  3. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
  4. ^ Millen, S., 2001. Tritonia pickensi The slug site, ed. Miller, M., accessed 2021-01-05.