Tritia elata

Species of gastropod

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)

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

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. ^ a b 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

External links

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  • Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 290-294.
  • Marrat, F. P. (1878). List of West African shells (continued). Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 1(16): 381-382
  • Fischer, P. (1862). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Nassa. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10: 37-38
  • Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Tritia elata
Nassarius elatus


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