Tritia varicosa

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Tritia varicosa
Tritia pygmaea (MNHN-IM-2000-31075).jpeg
Shell of Tritia varicosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. varicosa
Binomial name
Tritia varicosa
(W. Turton, 1825)
Synonyms [1]
  • Buccinum tritoniumBlainvill, 1826
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa(Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa paucicostataNordsieck, 1974
  • Hinia pygmaea(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Hinia varicosa(W. Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia varicosa paucicostataF. Nordsieck, 1973 ·
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. elongataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. evaricosaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa elongatulaLocard, 1886
  • Nassa eutactaLocard, 1887
  • Nassa pygmaea(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa pygmaea var. elongataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 ·
  • Nassa pygmaea var. evaricosaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassarius (Hinia) pygmaea(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius (Hinia) varicosa
  • Nassarius pygmaeus(Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius varicosus(Turton, 1822)
  • Ranella pygmaeaLamarck, 1822
  • Tritia pygmaea(Lamarck, 1822) ·
  • Tritonia varicosaTurton, 1825

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

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Distribution

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Description

Tritia pygmaea shells. Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.96306 - Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822) - Nassariidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Tritia pygmaea shells.

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391526 on 2022-10-18