Tritia pellucida

Tritia pellucida
	shells of Tritia pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. pellucida
Binomial name
	Tritia pellucida; ( Risso, 1826)
Synonyms
	Cyclope donovania Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym); Cyclope donovani Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 (unjustified emendation); Cyclope donovania [sic] (misspelling); Cyclope pellucida Risso, 1826; Nana donovania (Risso, 1826); Neritula donovani (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882); Panormella lofasi da Costa, 1840;

Tritia pellucida, common name : the cyclops nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the ICZN,^[2] Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece)

References

^ ^a ^b Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia pellucida (Risso, 1826). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876815 on 2016-05-20
^ 1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227

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. (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

External links

Gastropods.com : Cyclope (Cyclope) pellucida; accessed : 24 February 2011

[WoRMS-1] Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia pellucida (Risso, 1826). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876815 on 2016-05-20

[2] 1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227

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