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

Tegula picta
View of a shell of Tegula picta
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Description

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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

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

References

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  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.
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  • USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Tegula (Agathistoma) picta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.