Tritia conspersa

Tritia conspersa
Shell of Tritia conspersa (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. conspersa
Binomial name
Tritia conspersa (Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms
Amycla conspersa(Philippi, 1848) Amycla conspersa var. undulataDautzenberg, 1890 Buccinum conspersumPhilippi, 1849 (original combination) Nassa watsoniKobelt, 1887 (doubtful synonym) Nassarius conspersus(Philippi, 1849)

Tritia conspersa 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 10 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The smooth shell is oblong-conical. It is white, varied with reddish-brown spots and dots. The whorls are somewhat flattened, with the body whorl being quite rounded. The aperture is ovate and acutely angled superiorly. The outer lip is thickened externally and crenulated internally. The inner lip is callous, not expanded, and is terminated at the base by two nodules. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

References

1. Nassarius conspersus (Philippi, 1848) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 23 October 2012.
2. Philippi, R.A. (1849). "Centuria altera testaceorum novorum". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5 (7): 138–139. Retrieved 7 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1890). "Récoltes malacologiques de M. l'Abbé Culliéret aux Ïles Canaries et au Sénégal en janvier et février 1890". Mem. Soc. Zool. France III: 152–153. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
• 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: 343.