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Tritia varicosa

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Species of gastropod

Tritia varicosa
Shell of Tritia varicosa (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. varicosa
Binomial name
Tritia varicosa
(W. Turton, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum tritonium Blainvill, 1826
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa (Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa paucicostata Nordsieck, 1974
  • Hinia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Hinia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia varicosa paucicostata F. Nordsieck, 1973 ·
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. evaricosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa elongatula Locard, 1886
  • Nassa eutacta Locard, 1887
  • Nassa pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa pygmaea var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 ·
  • Nassa pygmaea var. evaricosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassarius (Hinia) pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius (Hinia) varicosa
  • Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius varicosus (Turton, 1822)
  • Ranella pygmaea Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822) ·
  • Tritonia varicosa Turton, 1825

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

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Description

Tritia pygmaea shells.

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391526 on 2022-10-18
  • Nordsieck, F. (1973). Marine shells from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Argamon. 4 (2-4): 57-63
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België . Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  • Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 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. . Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
  • Stein G. (2019). Die Gattung Tritia Risso, 1826 (Neogastropoda: Nassariidae) im Miozän des Nordseebeckens. Palaeontos. 32: 3-85

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Taxon identifiers
Tritia varicosa
Nassarius pygmaeus


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