Tritia nitida

Tritia nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[3]

Tritia nitida
Shell of Tritia nitida (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. nitida
Binomial name
Tritia nitida
(Jeffreys, 1867)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinum nassulum Salis Marschlins, 1793 (dubious synonym)
  • Hinia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867)
  • Nassa (Hinia) mammillata [sic]
  • Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. abnormis Coen, 1933
  • Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. acutior Coen, 1933
  • Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. clodiensis Coen, 1933
  • Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. monilifera Coen, 1933
  • Nassa (Hinia) reticulata var. pliocrassa Sacco, 1904
  • † Nassa abnormis Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym)
  • Nassa aegyptiaca Fischer P. in Vassel 1880
  • Nassa abnormis Coen 1914
  • Nassa acutior Coen 1933
  • Nassa bicolorata Coen 1933
  • Nassa clodiensis Coen 1933
  • Nassa deformis Coen 1933
  • Nassa mamillata var. gratiosa Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. lacunaris Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. propria Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. syracusana Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. tenuisculpta Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. tiesenhauseni Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. tricolor Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa mamillata var. valentina Monterosato 1912
  • Nassa monilifera Coen 1933
  • Nassa nitida Jeffreys 1867 (basionym)
  • Nassa reticulata var. curta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
  • Nassa reticulata var. depicta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
  • Nassa reticulata var. mediterranea Milaschewitsch 1909
  • Nassa reticulata var. modesta Milaschewitsch 1909
  • Nassa reticulata var. pontica Kobelt 1878
  • Nassa reticulata var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882
  • Nassa rochebrunei Locard 1887
  • Nassa servaini Locard 1887
  • Nassarius modestus (Milaschewitsch, 1909)
  • Nassarius nitidus (Jeffreys, 1867)
  • Planaxis mamillata Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Alboran Sea.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 33 mm.

References
  1. Jeffreys, J.G. (1867) British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London, 486 pp., 8 pls.
  2. CLEMAM: Nassarius nitidus
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tritia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890057 on 2021-09-08
  • Salis Marschlins C. U. von (1793). Reisen in verschieden Provinzen den Königreischs Neapel. Zurich and Leipzig, Ziegler Vol. I: pp. 442 + 10 pl.
  • Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7
  • Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1-186
  • Vassel E. (1880). Sur les faunes de l'isthme de Suez. . Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 3: 21-104
  • de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp
  • 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
  • Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp
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