Tritia conspersa

Tritia conspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. conspersa
Binomial name
	Tritia conspersa; (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms
	Amycla conspersa (Philippi, 1848); Amycla conspersa var. undulata Dautzenberg, 1890; Buccinum conspersum Philippi, 1849 (original combination); Buccinum watsoni Kobelt, W., 1887; Nassa watsoni Kobelt, 1887 (doubtful synonym); Nassarius conspersus (Philippi, 1849);

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1-356.
Segers W., Rolan E. & Swinnen F. (2008) Study and separation of two species treated as Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Visaya 2(3): 18-28.

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