Tegula picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.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 2012-09-01Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
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.
References
McLean J. (1970, "1969"). New species of tropical eastern Pacific Gastropoda. Malacological Review, 2(2): 115-130
External links
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection World Register of Marine Species