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(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cittarium pica
West Indian Top Shell
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Trochida
Family:
Tegulidae
ANSP 375622
Shell Information
Length (mm): 136
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Southern Florida to Venezuala
Depth (m):
0 to 7 meters
Diet:
Herbivore
Habitat:
On seagrasses and under rocks
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419449 on 2021-06-23
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/
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