Tritia nitida

Tritia nitida
	Shell of Tritia nitida (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. nitida
Binomial name
	Tritia nitida; (Jeffreys, 1867)
Synonyms
	Buccinum nassulum Salis Marschlins, 1793 (dubious synonym); Hinia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867) ; Nassa (Hinia) mammillata [sic]; Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. abnormis Coen, 1933; Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. acutior Coen, 1933; Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. clodiensis Coen, 1933; Nassa (Hinia) mammillata var. monilifera Coen, 1933; Nassa (Hinia) reticulata var. pliocrassa Sacco, 1904; † Nassa abnormis Coen, 1933 · unaccepted (synonym); Nassa aegyptiaca Fischer P. in Vassel 1880; Nassa abnormis Coen 1914; Nassa acutior Coen 1933; Nassa bicolorata Coen 1933; Nassa clodiensis Coen 1933; Nassa deformis Coen 1933; Nassa mamillata var. gratiosa Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. lacunaris Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. propria Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. syracusana Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. tenuisculpta Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. tiesenhauseni Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. tricolor Monterosato 1912; Nassa mamillata var. valentina Monterosato 1912; Nassa monilifera Coen 1933; Nassa nitida Jeffreys 1867 (basionym); Nassa reticulata var. curta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882; Nassa reticulata var. depicta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882; Nassa reticulata var. mediterranea Milaschewitsch 1909; Nassa reticulata var. modesta Milaschewitsch 1909; Nassa reticulata var. pontica Kobelt 1878; Nassa reticulata var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus 1882; Nassa rochebrunei Locard 1887; Nassa servaini Locard 1887; Nassarius modestus (Milaschewitsch, 1909); Nassarius nitidus (Jeffreys, 1867); Planaxis mamillata Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym);

Tritia nitida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[3]

Distribution edit

This species occurs in European waters and in the Alboran Sea.

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 24 mm and 33 mm.

References edit

^ Jeffreys, J.G. (1867) British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London, 486 pp., 8 pls.
^ CLEMAM: Nassarius nitidus
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tritia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890057 on 2021-09-08

Salis Marschlins C. U. von (1793). Reisen in verschieden Provinzen den Königreischs Neapel. Zurich and Leipzig, Ziegler Vol. I: pp. 442 + 10 pl.
Coen, G. (1914). Contributo allo studio della fauna malacologica adriatica. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 46: 3-34, pl. 1-7
Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1–186
Vassel E. (1880). Sur les faunes de l'isthme de Suez. . Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 3: 21-104
de Kluijver, M.J.; Ingalsuo, S.S.; de Bruyne, R.H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom pp
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
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp

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[1] Jeffreys, J.G. (1867) British Conchology, or an Account of the Mollusca which now Inhabit the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Vol. 4. John Van Voorst, London, 486 pp., 8 pls.

[2] CLEMAM: Nassarius nitidus

[WoRMS-3] MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tritia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890057 on 2021-09-08

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