Tritia reticulata

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Tritia reticulata
Tritia reticulata MHNT.jpg
Tritia reticulata - MHNT
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. reticulata
Binomial name
Tritia reticulata
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum anglicumRöding 1798
  • Buccinum chrysostomumRöding 1798
  • Buccinum marginulatumLamarck 1822 (doubtful synonym)
  • Buccinum porcatumRöding 1798 (doubtful synonym)
  • Buccinum reticulatumLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Buccinum vulgatumGmelin 1791 (doubtful synonym)
  • Hinia reticulata(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassa bourguignatiLocard 1887
  • Nassa cancellataMörch 1853
  • Nassa cancellataMartens 1870
  • Nassa coronataNobre 1884
  • Nassa isomeraLocard 1886
  • Nassa limicolaMartens 1870
  • Nassa minorMarshall 1893
  • Nassa oblongaMörch 1853 (doubtful synonym)
  • Nassa poirieriLocard 1887
  • Nassa reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassa (Hinia) reticulata var. viriditinctaDautzenberg & Fischer H. 1925
  • Nassarius (Hinia) reticulata(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Nassarius reticulatus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Tritia reticulata, common name as the netted dog whelk, is a species of small European sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the dog whelks or nassa mud snails. [2]

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Description

Shell of a recent specimen from the Mediterranean Tritia reticulata.jpg
Shell of a recent specimen from the Mediterranean
Shell of a fossil specimen from the Pliocene of Italy Tritia reticulata fossil 01.jpg
Shell of a fossil specimen from the Pliocene of Italy

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.

The egg-shaped shell is elongated, rounded, obtuse at its lower extremity, and pointed at the upper extremity. It is moderately thick. The conical spire is composed of eight or nine whorls, almost flat, or slightly swollen, but distant from each other. Their surface is deeply chequered by longitudinal folds, crossed by numerous striae. The aperture is moderate, white and ovate. The outer lip is thick, ornamented within with seven or eight striae, of which those of the middle are generally the largest. The columella is slightly arcuated, covered with a thin, brilliant plate. The color of this shell is of a yellowish white, reddish or chestnut-color, with a blackish blue band, passing beneath the suture. [3]

Hermit crab Diogenes pugilator, using a shell of the dog whelk Nassarius reticulatus Diogenes pugilator.jpg
Hermit crab Diogenes pugilator , using a shell of the dog whelk Nassarius reticulatus

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northeast Atlantic, in European waters, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands and Morocco.

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