Biology:Tritia frigens

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tritia frigens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. frigens
Binomial name
Tritia frigens (Martens, 1878)
Synonyms
Hinia frigens (Martens, 1878) Hinia frigens malacitanae Quiles, 1973 Nassa (Tritia) brychia Watson, 1882 Nassa brychia Watson, 1882 Nassa brychia var. decorata Locard, 1897 Nassa brychia var. major Locard, 1897 (synonym) Nassa brychia var. minor Locard, 1897 Nassa frigens Martens, 1878 Nassarius brychius (Watson, 1882) Nassarius (Nassarius) frigens (Martens, E.C. von, 1878)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and Mauritania.

References

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
• 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.
• 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

External links

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) frigens" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_12460.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6967456 entry