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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Tritoniidae |
| Genus: | Tritonicula |
| Species: | T. pickensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was described from the Gulf of California. It was discovered at La Jolla Shores, Southern California in 1998.[4]
References
edit- ^ Marcus Ev.; Marcus Er. (1967). American opisthobranch mollusks Part I, Tropical American opisthobranchs, Part II, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies in Tropical Oceanography. 6: 1–256, pl. 1., page(s): 207-210
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967). Accessed on 2021-01-05.
- ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
- ^ Millen, S., 2001. Tritonia pickensi The slug site, ed. Miller, M., accessed 2021-01-05.