Tritia frigens

Tritia frigens
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. frigens
Binomial name
	Tritia frigens; (Martens, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
	Hinia frigens (Martens, 1878); Hinia frigens malacitanae Quiles, 1973; Nassa (Tritia) brychia Watson, 1882; Nassa brychia Watson, 1882; Nassa brychia var. decorata Locard, 1897; Nassa brychia var. major Locard, 1897 (synonym); Nassa brychia var. minor Locard, 1897; Nassa frigens Martens, 1878; Nassarius brychius (Watson, 1882); Nassarius (Nassarius) frigens (Martens, E.C. von, 1878);

Tritia frigens 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 15 mm.

This species occurs in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco and Mauritania.

Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia frigens (Martens, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876830 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.
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.
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

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