Tritia neritea

Tritia neritea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. neritea
Binomial name
	Tritia neritea; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	See list of synonyms

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

List of synonyms

List of synonyms of Tritia neritea

Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Cyclonassa carinata Coen, 1933
Cyclonassa diluta Coen, 1937
Cyclonassa fasciata Coen, 1933
Cyclonassa kamischiensis [sic] (misspelling of Cyclope kamiesch (Chenu, 1859))
Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. atra Milaschewitsch, 1916
Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. exigua Milaschewitsch, 1916
Cyclonassa neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyclonassa neritea var. callosa Pallary, 1912
Cyclonassa neritea var. compacta Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. depressa Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. elongata Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. globulosa Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. inflata Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis Pallary, 1919 (unjustified emendation of Cyclops kamiesch Chenu)
Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis communis Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis discoidea Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis gibba Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis lactescens Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. minuta Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. mucronata Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa neritea var. platystoma Pallary, 1919
Cyclonassa vayssierei Pallary, 1903
Cyclonassa vernicata Coen, 1933
Cyclope neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyclope neritoidea Risso, 1826 (Unnecessary substitute name for Buccinum neriteum Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyclope tarentina Parenzan, 1970
Cyclope westerlundi Brusina, 1900
Cyclops asterizans de Montfort, 1810
Cyclops kamiesch Chenu, 1859
Nana neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nanina unifasciata Risso, 1826
Nassa inflata Locard & Caziot, 1900
Nassa italica Issel, 1870
Nassa minor Weinkauff, 1868
Nassa neritea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted generic combination)
Nassa neritea var. albida Requien, 1848
Nassa neritea var. lutescens Requien, 1848
Nassa neritea var. major Requien, 1848
Nassa neritea var. media Requien, 1848
Nassa neritea var. minima Requien, 1848
Nassa neritoides Lamarck, 1816
Nassa unifasciata Paolucci, 1871
Neritula nana Locard, 1887
Neritula nana var. mucronata Locard, 1887
Tritia westerlundi (Brusina, 1900)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 25 mm.

The hemispherical shell is smooth, depressed, convex above and flattened beneath. The blunt spire is formed of four indistinct whorls, entirely smooth. The aperture is ovate, reddish, rather small and obliquely emarginated. The outer lip is smooth and slightly margined. The columella is arcuated towards the middle, furnished with a wide, reddish, and almost circular callosity, which extends upon the body of the body whorl. The coloring is slightly variable, it is generally of a yellowish or reddish white, with brown lines, and two decurrent, interrupted, or articulated bands, one of which surrounds the suture, and the other only borders the circumference. The epidermis is thick and brown.^[2]

Tritia neritea var. atra
Tritia neritea var. kamiesch
Tritia neritea westerlundi

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Black Sea.

References

^ Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia neritea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876816 on 2016-05-18
^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum neriteum)

Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
Chenu J. C. (1859-1862). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie conchyliologique. Paris
Coen, G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano. 192: i-vii, 1-186
Morton J. (1960) The habits of Cyclope neritea, a style-bearing stenoglossan gastropod. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 34(2): 96–105.
Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213
Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453

External links

[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia neritea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876816 on 2016-05-18

[Kiener-2] Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum neriteum)

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