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

Tritia varicosa
Shell of Tritia varicosa (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 tritonium Blainvill, 1826
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa (Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia (Tritonella) varicosa paucicostata Nordsieck, 1974
  • Hinia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Hinia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825)
  • Hinia varicosa paucicostata F. Nordsieck, 1973 ·
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa (Tritonella) pygmaea var. evaricosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassa elongatula Locard, 1886
  • Nassa eutacta Locard, 1887
  • Nassa pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassa pygmaea var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 ·
  • Nassa pygmaea var. evaricosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
  • Nassarius (Hinia) pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius (Hinia) varicosa
  • Nassarius pygmaeus (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Nassarius varicosus (Turton, 1822)
  • Ranella pygmaea Lamarck, 1822
  • Tritia pygmaea (Lamarck, 1822) ·
  • Tritonia varicosa Turton, 1825

Distribution

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

Description

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Tritia pygmaea shells.

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
  • Nordsieck, F. (1973). Marine shells from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Argamon. 4 (2-4): 57-63
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  • Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 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.
  • Stein G. (2019). Die Gattung Tritia Risso, 1826 (Neogastropoda: Nassariidae) im Miozän des Nordseebeckens. Palaeontos. 32: 3-85
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