Tritia elata is a speciesofsea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Tritia elata | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Tritia elata (Gould, 1845) | |
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The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm
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This species occurs in European waters off Portugal and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola
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