Tritia caboverdensis
Appearance
Tritia caboverdensis | |
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Shell of Tritia caboverdensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Nassariidae |
Genus: | Tritia |
Species: | T. caboverdensis
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Binomial name | |
Tritia caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984)
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Synonyms | |
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Tritia caboverdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Tritia caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
[edit]- "Nassarius (Nassarius) caboverdensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353
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