Tritia caboverdensis

Tritia caboverdensis
Shell of Tritia caboverdensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. caboverdensis
Binomial name
Tritia caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984)
Synonyms
Hinia caboverdensisRolán, 1984 (original combination) Nassarius ferussaciauct.non Payraudeau, B.-C., 1826 Nassarius (Nassarius) caboverdensis(Rolán, 1984)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.^{[ citation needed ]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.

References

1. Tritia caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 January 2019.

• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) caboverdensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• 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