Tritonicula pickensi
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| genus = Tritonicula
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| authority = (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)Marcus Ev.; Marcus Er. (1967). [https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=trop_ocean 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
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Tritonicula pickensi is a species of dendronotid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tritoniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. [https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473654 Tritonicula pickensi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967).] Accessed on 2021-01-05. 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.Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). [https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242103 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.
Distribution
This species was described from the Gulf of California. It was discovered at La Jolla Shores, Southern California in 1998.Millen, S., 2001. [http://slugsite.us/bow/nudwk292.htm Tritonia pickensi] The slug site, ed. Miller, M., accessed 2021-01-05.