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

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.

Vernacular names

English: West Indian top shell
español: Quigua
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