Tritia ovoidea

Tritia ovoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Tritia ovoidea
Shell of Tritia ovoidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. ovoidea
Binomial name
Tritia ovoidea
(Locard, 1886)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Nassa ovoidea Locard 1886 (basionym)
  • Nassa semistriata var. cornea Locard 1887
  • Nassa semistriata var. costulata Locard 1887
  • Nassa semistriata var. curta Locard 1887
  • Nassa trifasciata Mac Andrew 1856
  • Nassarius cabrierensis ovoideus (Locard, 1886)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis ovoideus Locard, 1886
  • Nassarius ovoideus (Locard, 1886)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Spain; in the Alboran Sea and in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

References

  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.


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