Tritia ovoidea

Tritia ovoidea
Shell of Tritia ovoidea (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. ovoidea
Binomial name
Tritia ovoidea (Locard, 1886) [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
Nassa ovoideaLocard 1886 (basionym) Nassa semistriata var. corneaLocard 1887 Nassa semistriata var. costulataLocard 1887 Nassa semistriata var. curtaLocard 1887 Nassa trifasciataMac Andrew 1856 Nassarius cabrierensis ovoideus(Locard, 1886) Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis ovoideusLocard, 1886 Nassarius ovoideus(Locard, 1886)

Tritia ovoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description in French) The shell is of the same size as Tritia semistriata but has a much more inflated, almost exactly ovoid outline. The spire is short, with rounded whorls separated by a well-marked sutural line. The body whorl is very developed, especially in diameter. The aperture is not very high, well-rounded, and the columella is short. The callus is very thick. ^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Spain; in the Alboran Sea and in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

References

1. Locard A., 1886: Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière pp. X + 778
2. Tritia ovoidea(Locard, 1886) . 10 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
3. Clemam: Nassarius ovoideus
4. Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. 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
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.

External links

• "Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis ovoideus". 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