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Tritia conspersa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
- ^ Nassarius conspersus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2012.
- Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.
- Segers W., Rolan E. & Swinnen F. (2008) Study and separation of two species treated as Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844) (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae). Visaya 2(3): 18–28.
External links
- "Nassarius conspersus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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