Tritia louisi
| Tritia louisi | |
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| Shell of Tritia louisi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Tritia |
| Species: | T. louisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912)
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Tritia louisi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. [1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 6 mm.
(Original description in French) This type is well distinct from Tritia corrugata by its surface with salient reticulation, resembling a Tritia reticulata in miniature [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria and Cyprus.
References
- ^ Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912). 10 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pallary P., 1912b: Liste des Mollusques marins des côtes de la Syrie; Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes 42: 171–174 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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
- Nofroni, I.; Savona, S. (1987). Nassarius zambakidisi new species from the Eastern Mediterranean. La Conchiglia. 218-219: 6-7
External links
- Aissaoui C., Galindo L.A., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2017). The nassariids from the Gulf of Gabès revisited (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Marine Biology Research. 13(4): 370-389
- "Nassarius (Telasco) louisi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.