Tritonicula pickensi
Species of gastropod
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Tritonicula pickensi is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.[2] A number of Caribbean and western Pacific species of Tritonia were moved to a new genus Tritonicula in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Tritoniacea |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonicula |
| Species: | T. pickensi |
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| Tritonicula pickensi | |
Distribution
This species was described from the Gulf of California. It was discovered at La Jolla Shores, Southern California in 1998.[4]