Tritia ovoidea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Tritia |
| Species: | T. ovoidea
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Tritia ovoidea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Northwest Spain; in the Alboran Sea and in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Locard A., 1886: Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusque marins Lyon, H. Georg & Paris, Baillière pp. X + 778
- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia ovoidea (Locard, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876850 on 2016-05-18
- ^ Clemam: Nassarius ovoideus
- 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
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
External links
[edit]- "Nassarius (Nassarius) cabrierensis ovoideus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp.
- 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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