Tritia frigens

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

Tritia frigens
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. frigens
Binomial name
Tritia frigens
(Martens, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hinia frigens (Martens, 1878)
  • Hinia frigens malacitanae Quiles, 1973
  • Nassa (Tritia) brychia Watson, 1882
  • Nassa brychia Watson, 1882
  • Nassa brychia var. decorata Locard, 1897
  • Nassa brychia var. major Locard, 1897 (synonym)
  • Nassa brychia var. minor Locard, 1897
  • Nassa frigens Martens, 1878
  • Nassarius brychius (Watson, 1882)
  • Nassarius (Nassarius) frigens (Martens, E.C. von, 1878)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and Mauritania.

References
  1. Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia frigens (Martens, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876830 on 2016-05-18
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
  • Adam W. & Knudsen J. 1984. Révision des Nassariidae (Mollusca : Gastropoda Prosobranchia) de l’Afrique occidentale. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 55(9): 1-95, 5 pl.
  • 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
  • "Nassarius (Nassarius) frigens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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