Tritia pfeifferi

Tritia pfeifferi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. pfeifferi
Binomial name
Tritia pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Amyclina pfefferi(Philippi) Buccinum glaberrimumGmelin, 1791 (Nomen dubium. Doubtful synonym of Nassarius pfeifferi) Buccinum pfeifferiPhilippi, 1844 (original combination) Nassarius pfeifferi(Philippi, 1844)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 19 mm

Distribution

This species is occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal and Mauritania.

References

1. Philippi R.A., 1844: Nachtrag zum zweiten Bande der Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae , Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1: 100-112
2. Tritia pfeifferi (Risso, 1826) . 11 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356
• Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
• 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
• Segers W., Rolan E. & Swinnen F. (2008) Study and separation of two species treated as Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Visaya 2(3): 18–28.

External links

• "Nassarius (Gussonea) pfeifferi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.