Biology:Tritia ovoidea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tritia ovoidea
Shell of Tritia ovoidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
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)

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

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.

External links

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis ovoideus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_6050.shtml. 
• Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp.
• Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353

Wikidata ☰ Q6967500 entry