Tritia pfeifferi

Tritia pfeifferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Tritia pfeifferi
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 pfeifferi
Binomial name
Tritia pfeifferi
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Amyclina pfefferi (Philippi)
  • Buccinum glaberrimum Gmelin, 1791 (Nomen dubium. Doubtful synonym of Nassarius pfeifferi)
  • Buccinum pfeifferi Philippi, 1844 (original combination)
  • Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 19 mm

Distribution

This species is occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal and Mauritania.

References
  1. Philippi R.A., 1844: Nachtrag zum zweiten Bande der Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae , Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1: 100-112
  2. Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876859 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
  • Wolff, W.J.; Duiven, P.; Esselink, P.; Gueve, A. (1993). Biomass of macrobenthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania. Hydrobiologia 258(1-3): 151-163
  • 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
  • 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.
  • "Nassarius (Gussonea) pfeifferi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 February 2011.


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