Tritia

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Tritia
Tritia reticulata.jpg
Tritia reticulata shell
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Tritia
Risso, 1826
Type species
Buccinum reticulatumLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [1]

See list of synonyms

Tritia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1]

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Description

(Described as Neritula) The shell is ovate, depressed, with the axis distorted. The spire is flattened and oblique. The whorls are smooth. The aperture is depressed. The columella is smooth. The inner lip is callous and is spread over the body whorl. The outer lip is reflected, not denticulate or striated.

The body whorl is depressed and extends over the penultimate whorl, nearly covering and concealing the spire, which, consequently, appears very obtuse. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Tritia include:

Species brought into synonymy

List of synonyms of the genus

List of synonyms of Tritia
  • Alectrion (Hima)Leach in Gray, 1852
  • Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
  • AmyclaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • AmyclinaIredale, 1918 (unnecessary replacement name for AmyclaH. & A. Adams, 1853 )
  • CencusGistel, 1848
  • CyclonassaSwainson, 1840 (Objective synonym of Cyclope)
  • CyclopeRisso, 1826
  • CyclopsMontfort, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of CyclopsO.F. Müller, 1785 [Crustacea]; CencusGistel, 1848 is a replacement name)
  • FackiaNordsieck, 1972
  • HimaLeach in Gray, 1852
  • Hima (Mirua)Marwick, 1931
  • Hinia Leach, 1847
  • Hinia (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936
  • Hinia (Telasco)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Hinia (Tritonella) A. Adams, 1852
  • Ilyanassa Stimpson, 1865
  • MiruaMarwick, 1931
  • NanaSchumacher, 1817 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 793)
  • NaninaRisso, 1826
  • Nassa (Amycla)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa (Gussonea)Monterosato, 1912
  • Nassa (Hima)Leach in Gray, 1852
  • Nassa (Hinia)Gray, 1847
  • Nassa (Telasco)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassa (Tritonella) A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassa (Uzita)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Amyclina)Iredale, 1918
  • Nassarius (Cryptonassarius)Cernohorsky, 1975
  • Nassarius (Cyclope)Risso, 1826
  • Nassarius (Cyclops)Montfort, 1810
  • Nassarius (Gussonea)Monterosato, 1912
  • Nassarius (Hima)Leach in Gray, 1852
  • Nassarius (Hinia) Leach, 1847
  • Nassarius (Ilyanassa) Stimpson, 1865
  • Nassarius (Miohinia)Nordsieck, 1972
  • Nassarius (Mirua)Marwick, 1931
  • Nassarius (Naytiopsis)Thiele, 1929
  • Nassarius (Neritula)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Paranassa)Conrad, 1867
  • Nassarius (Parcanassa) Iredale, 1936
  • Nassarius (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936
  • Nassarius (Telasco)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
  • Nassarius (Tritonella) A. Adams, 1852
  • Nassarius (Usita) (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Nassarius (Uzita)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • NaytiopsisThiele, 1929
  • NeritulaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Objective synonym of Cyclope)
  • PanormellaO. G. Costa, 1840
  • Parcanassa Iredale, 1936
  • ProneritulaThiele, 1929
  • Tarazeuxis Iredale, 1936
  • TelascoH. & A. Adams, 1853
  • Tritia (Hinia)
  • Tritia (Reticunassa) Iredale, 1936
  • Tritia (Tritonella) A. Adams, 1852
  • Tritonella A. Adams, 1852
  • UzitaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Zeuxis (Tarazeuxis) Iredale, 1936

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