Tritia pellucida

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]

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[1]
  • 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

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
  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
  • 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
  • "Cyclope (Cyclope) pellucida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
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