Tritia elata
Shell of Tritia elata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Subfamily:	Nassariinae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. elata
Binomial name
Tritia elata (Gould, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella buchholzi Martens, 1881 Nassa (Telasco) interstincta Marrat, 1878 †Nassa catalaunica Almera & Bofill, 1898 †Nassa cossmanni Depontallier, 1878 Nassa elata Gould, 1845 Nassa gallandiana Fischer, 1862 Nassa gallandiana var. albida Locard, 1887 Nassa gallandiana var. monochroma Locard, 1887 Nassa interstincta Marrat, 1878 †Nassa neglecta Bellardi, 1882 †Nassa pinnata Bellardi, 1882 †Nassa transitans Bellardi, 1882 Nassarius elatus (Gould, 1845)

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

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• 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.
• "Nassarius (Nassarius) elatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.