Tritia vaucheri

Tritia vaucheri
Shell of Tritia vaucheri (lectotype 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. vaucheri
Binomial name
Tritia vaucheri
(Pallary, 1906)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nassa vaucheri Pallary 1906 (basionym)
  • Nassa vaucheri var. minor Pallary 1920
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) vaucheri (Pallary, 1906)

Tritia vaucheri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ Pallary P., 1906b: Diagnoses de nouvelles coquilles du Maroc , Oran, privately printed 3 pp.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Tritia vaucheri (Pallary, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890059 on 2021-09-10
  • Pallary, P. (1906). Diagnoses de nouvelles coquilles du Maroc. privately printed 3 pp.
  • Hoenselaar H. J. & Moolenbeek R. G., 1988: The identity of Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906) (Gastropoda Prosobranchia), Basteria 52: 45–47
  • 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
  • Pallary P., 1920: Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912) Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 34, 1 pl., 1 map
  • Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) vaucheri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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