Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Futuna); Clipperton (intertidal and down to 55 m, common; coral rubbles); Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka); Gambier?; Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fakarava, Makatea, Mataiva, Raroia, Takapoto, Tikehau) - Marine; Sublittoral (4-57 m); ?Hard bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Thalamita picta - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Futuna). - CLIPPERTON - Thalamita roosevelti Schmitt, 1939a: 16, fig. 2 (Clipperton). - Thalamita picta - Garth, 1965: 12, figs 7, 11, 12 (Clipperton). - Hendrickx, 1995b: 134 (distribution). - Poupin et al., 2007 (Clipperton new coll.). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Goniosoma lineatum A. Milne Edwards, 1861: 377, pl. 35, fig. 4 (Nuku Hiva) fide Crosnier (1962: 138). - Thalamita alcocki - Nobili, 1907: 384 ("Tagatau" = Gambier?). - Thalamita gardineri - Rathbun, 1907: 63 (Fakarava, Makemo). - Thalamita picta - Holthuis, 1953: 8 (Raroia). - Morrison, 1954: 13 (Raroia). - Forest & Guinot, 1961: 33 (Tahiti; Syn.); 1962: 60 (Biogeography "Tahiti-Tuamotu"). - Stephenson & Rees, 1967: 86 (Tikehau). - Stephenson, 1972: 50 (Syn.); 1976: 23 ("Hoava Strait" = Haava strait, between Tahuata and Hiva Oa, 48-57m). - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Makatea, Mataiva, Takapoto). - Delesalle, 1985: 289 (Mataiva). - Poupin, 1996a: 35 (Checklist; in part, specimen from Raiatea, 130m, is T. multispinosa; see Crosnier, 2002: 430); 1996b: 36, pl. 17g (in part, not specimen that illustrated pl. 17g that is T. multispinosa from Raiatea, 130 m; coll. Frv Marara). - Crosnier, 2002: 438 (Ua Huka; MUSORSTOM 9 campaign, 4-15 m). - Thalamita (Neothalaminella) picta - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List; subgenus from Moosa, 1979: 51) - Synonyms - Thalamita alcocki de Man, 1902; T. gardineri Borradaile, 1902. - Moorea Biocode project. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, coll. Evans, sample 0349, Leg 2, St 20, Ua Huka, tide pool, 1 male 13x21.5 mm, sample 0360, St 21; Leg 3, St. MQ19-R, Hiva Oa, 10-25 m, coll. Starmer et al., sample LC236.

Depth distribution: 4 - 57 m