Cittarium pica

Familia: Tegulidae
Genus: Cittarium
Species: Cittarium pica

Taxonavigation: Trochoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Vetigastropoda Ordo: Trochida Superfamilia: Trochoidea

Name

Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

Livona pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Livona picoides (Gould, 1853)
Meleagris pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trochus picoides Gould, 1853
Turbo pica Linnaeus, 1758
Cittarium picum

References

Warmke, Germaine L. & Abbott, R Tucker. 1961. Caribbean Seashells. Livingston Publishing Company. Narbeth. Pennsylvania.
Randall, Hellen A. 1964. A study of the growth and other aspects of the biology of the west Indian topshell, Cittarium pica (Linnaeus). Bulletin of Marine Sciences of Gulf and Caribbean, 14(3):424-443.
Cervigón, F. 1993. "Gastropods". In Carpenter, K.E.. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water resources of the northern coast of South America. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Rome: FAO. pp. 513. ISBN 92-5-103129-0.
Robertson, R. 2003. "The edible West Indian "whelk" Cittarium pica (Gastropoda: Trochidae): Natural history with new observations". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 153(1):27–47.

Links

Cittarium pica in the World Register of Marine Species
Cittarium pica – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Bidiversity Heritage Lybrary: Cittarium pica
Smithsonian National MUseon of Natural History: Cittarium pica

Vernacular names

English: West Indian top shell
español: Quigua

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