Tritia heynemanni

Tritia heynemanni
Shell of Tritia heynemanni (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. heynemanni
Binomial name
Tritia heynemanni (Von Maltzan, 1884)
Synonyms [1]
Nassa heynemanniMaltzan, 1884 Nassarius (Nassarius) heynemanni(Von Maltzan, 1884) Nassarius heynemanni(Maltzan, 1884)

Tritia heynemanni 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 6 mm and 14 mm.

(original description in latin) The shell is very similar to Tritia corniculum , but it is smaller and features a more obtuse apex. The upper whorls are adorned with dense spiral lines, not radial folds. The base of the shell is striated with much more numerous spiral lines. The outer lip is furnished internally with about 12 folds. It is also similar in stature, but not in sculpture, to the fossil Tritia karreri . ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southern Spain and Senegal and Mauritania.

References

1. Tritia heynemanni (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: 70–71. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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

External links

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