Tritia louisi

Tritia louisi
Shell of Tritia louisi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. louisi
Binomial name
Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912)
Synonyms
Nassa cuvierii var. louisiPallary 1912 (basionym) Nassarius (Telasco) louisi(Pallary, 1912) Nassarius louisi(Pallary, 1912) Nassarius zambakidisiNofroni & Savona 1987

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm.

(Original description in French) This type is well distinct from Tritia corrugata by its surface with salient reticulation, resembling a Tritia reticulata in miniature ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria and Cyprus.

References

1. Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912) . 10 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Pallary P., 1912b: Liste des Mollusques marins des côtes de la Syrie; Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 42: 171–174 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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
• Nofroni, I.; Savona, S. (1987). Nassarius zambakidisi new species from the Eastern Mediterranean. La Conchiglia. 218-219: 6-7

External links

• Aissaoui C., Galindo L.A., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2017). The nassariids from the Gulf of Gabès revisited (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Marine Biology Research. 13(4): 370-389
• "Nassarius (Telasco) louisi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.