Tritia senegalensis

Tritia senegalensis
Shell of Tritia senegalensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. senegalensis
Binomial name
Tritia senegalensis
(Maltzan, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Nassa incrassata var. senegalensis Maltzan, 1884
  • Nassa senegalensis Maltzan, 1884
  • Nassarius senegalensis (Maltzan, 1884)

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

Description

The length off the shell varies between 8 mm and 9 mm, its diameter between 5 mm and 5.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) It differs from the Mediterranean type by a smaller, thinner shell, more convex whorls, a much less expanded aperture callus, and a less thickened outer lip. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Senegal.

References

  1. ^ Tritia senegalensis (Maltzan, 1884). 1 1June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Maltzan, H.F. von (1884). "Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft. 16: 70. Retrieved 11 June 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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