Tritia cuvierii

Tritia cuvierii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. cuvierii
Binomial name
	Tritia cuvierii; (Payraudeau, 1826)
Synonyms
	See list

Tritia cuvierii, common name the one-banded nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

List of synonyms

List of synonyms of Tritia cuvierii

Buccinum costulatum Renieri, 1804 (unavailable name: published in a work placed on Official Index by ICZN Opinion 316)
Buccinum cuvierii Payraudeau, 1826 (original combination)
Buccinum elegans O. G. Costa, 1830 (invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum elegans J. de C. Sowerby, 1824, and Buccinum elegans Risso, 1826)
Buccinum ferussaci Payraudeau, 1826
Buccinum flexuosum Costa O.G., 1830
Buccinum subdiaphanum Bivona Ant., 1832
Buccinum variabile Philippi, 1836
Buccinum variabile var. media Philippi, 1836
Eione sulcata Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
Hima candida Coen, 1937
Hinia costulata (Brocchi, 1814)
Hinia fulva Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia juliae Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia lopadusae Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia phasianella Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia pulchella Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia signata Ghisotti, 1986
Hinia vitrea Coen, 1914
Nassa bucquoyi Locard, 1887 (dubious synonym)
Nassa corrupta Locard & Caziot, 1900
Nassa costulata (Renieri, 1804)
Nassa costulata var. atra Brusina, 1869
Nassa costulata var. castanea Brusina, 1869
Nassa costulata var. costata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. flavida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. lanceolata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. pulcherrima Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. tenuicosta Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. turgida Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Nassa costulata var. zonata Brusina, 1869
Nassarius (Telasco) cuvierii (Payraudeau, B.-C., 1826)
Nassa cuvieri [sic] (misspelling of Nassa cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826))
Nassa cuvieri var. varicosa Locard, 1887
Nassa cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Nassa dautzembergi Mari, 1928
Nassa encaustica Brusina, 1869
Nassa ferussaci (Payraudeau, 1826)
Nassa ferussaci arcuata Pallary, 1904
Nassa ferussaci exigua Pallary, 1904
Nassa ferussaci pallaryi Koch in Pallary, 1906
Nassa ferussaci var. alexandrina Pallary, 1912 (dubious synonym)
Nassa ferussaci var. claudoni Pallary, 1906
Nassa guernei Locard, 1886
Nassa mabillei Locard, 1887
Nassa madeirensis Reeve, 1854
Nassa semicostata Locard, 1887
Nassa subcostulata Locard, 1886 (dubious synonym)
Nassa turgida (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 )
Nassa turgida var. compacta Pallary, 1912
Nassarius cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826)
Planaxis beudantiana Risso, 1826
Planaxis fitcheliana Risso, 1826
Planaxis lineolata Risso, 1826
Planaxis loques Risso, 1826
Planaxis molliana Risso, 1826
Planaxis riparia Risso, 1826
Planaxis tenuis Risso, 1826

Description

The length of the shell varies from 9 mm to 20 mm.

The small shell is ovate, conical, rather shining, and pointed. The spire is formed of six or seven indistinct whorls, often ornamented with longitudinal folds, which are rarely continued to the base of the body whorl, and which are crossed by very fine and slightly marked transverse striae. The aperture is white. The outer lip is thick, white externally, and denticulated within. The columella is smooth and shows two guttules at the base. The coloring of the shell is very various. The ground color is generally of a yellowish white. The transverse striae are accompanied with very fine lines, white and of a red bay color. Reddish, or bluish brown spots, intersected with white, form zones upon the upper part of each whorl. At the base, and the middle of the lowest, the brown lines are more marked.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores.

References

^ ^a ^b Nassarius cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.
^ Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum cuvieri)

External links

[WoRMS-1] Nassarius cuvierii (Payraudeau, 1826). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 October 2012.

[Kiener-2] Kiener (1840). General species and iconography of recent shells : comprising the Massena Museum, the collection of Lamarck, the collection of the Museum of Natural History, and the recent discoveries of travellers; Boston :W.D. Ticknor,1837 (described as Buccinum cuvieri)

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