Tritia goreensis

Tritia goreensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. goreensis
Binomial name
Tritia goreensis (Von Maltzan, 1884)
Synonyms
Nassa goreensisMaltzan 1884 Nassarius goreensis(Maltzan, 1884)

Tritia goreensis 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 7 mm and 12 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is turreted, delicate, and whitish, indistinctly encircled with red at the suture and at the base of the shell. Comprising 8 convex whorls, these are separated by deep sutures and are regularly roughened with weak, very narrow, sub-straight ribs (19 on the body whorl) and spiral riblets decussating the transverse ribs (13 on the body whorl).

The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is acute, externally encircled by a strong white callus, and internally furnished with 6-7 somewhat weak striae and denticles. The inner lip is briefly appressed. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and off Angola.

References

1. Tritia goreensis (Maltzan, 1884) . 10 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Maltzan, H.F. von (1884). "Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft. 16: 70. Retrieved 10 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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.
• 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

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) goreensis". 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: 343.