Tritia elata

Tritia elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]

Tritia elata
Shell of Tritia elata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. elata
Binomial name
Tritia elata
(Gould, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella buchholzi Martens, 1881
  • Nassa (Telasco) interstincta Marrat, 1878
  • Nassa catalaunica Almera & Bofill, 1898
  • Nassa cossmanni Depontallier, 1878
  • Nassa elata Gould, 1845
  • Nassa gallandiana Fischer, 1862
  • Nassa gallandiana var. albida Locard, 1887
  • Nassa gallandiana var. monochroma Locard, 1887
  • Nassa interstincta Marrat, 1878
  • Nassa neglecta Bellardi, 1882
  • Nassa pinnata Bellardi, 1882
  • Nassa transitans Bellardi, 1882
  • Nassarius elatus (Gould, 1845)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). "Tritia elata". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • Martens, E. von. (1881). [Description of marine Mollusca]. Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. 2(1): 103–121, pls 21–24.
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1-95, 5 pl
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • 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
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp


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