Tritia vaucheri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.

Tritia vaucheri

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.

Tritia vaucheri

References

Pallary, P. (1906). Diagnoses de nouvelles coquilles du Maroc. privately printed 3 pp. Hoenselaar H. J. & Moolenbeek R. G., 1988: The identity of Nassarius vaucheri (Pallary, 1906) (Gastropoda Prosobranchia), Basteria 52: 45–47 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

Tritia vaucheri

External links

Pallary P., 1920: Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912) Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 34, 1 pl., 1 map 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.

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Gastropods described in 1906