Tritia erythraea

Tritia erythraea
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. erythraea
Binomial name
	Tritia erythraea; (Issel, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
	Hinia erythrea (Issel, 1869); Nassa (Hima) erythrea Issel, 1869; Nassa costulata var. erythrea Issel, 1869 (original combination); Nassa erythraea Issel, 1869; Nassarius erythraeus (Issel, 1869);

Tritia erythraea 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 size varies between 4.5 mm and 9 mm

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar

1 2 Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia erythraea (Issel, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876828 on 2016-05-18

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III

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