Tritia louisi

Tritia louisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Nassarius
Species:	N. louisi
Binomial name
	Nassarius louisi; (Pallary, 1912)
Synonyms
	Nassa cuvierii var. louisi Pallary 1912 (basionym); Nassarius (Telasco) louisi (Pallary, 1912); Nassarius zambakidisi Nofroni & Savona 1987;

Nassarius louisi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6 mm.

This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria.

^ Pallary P., 1912b: Liste des Mollusques marins des côtes de la Syrie; Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 42: 171-174
^ Nassarius louisi (Pallary, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 26 October 2012.

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

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