Tritia elata explained

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

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola

References

• Martens, E. von. (1881). [Description of marine Mollusca]. Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. 2(1): 103–121, pls 21–24.
• 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
• 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
• Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp

External links

• Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of shells from the coast of Africa. Proceedings of the Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 290-294.
• Marrat, F. P. (1878). List of West African shells (continued). Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 1(16): 381-382
• Fischer, P. (1862). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Nassa. Journal de Conchyliologie. 10: 37-38
• Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. . 2021 . Tritia elata . 890056 . 5 September 2021.