Cittarium pica

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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

Familia: Tegulidae
Genus: Cittarium
Species: Cittarium pica

Name[edit]

Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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.

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Vernacular names[edit]

English: West Indian top shell
español: Quigua
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