Tritia pellucida, common name : the cyclops nassa, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Tritia |
| Species: | T. pellucida
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritia pellucida ( Risso, 1826)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
* Cyclope donovania Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)
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Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the ICZN,[2] Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.
Description
editThe shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea (Greece)
References
edit- ^ a b Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia pellucida (Risso, 1826). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876815 on 2016-05-20
- ^ 1966, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(5): 227
- Costa O.G. (1840). Fauna Siciliana. Fasc. 1. Molluschi. 4 pp
- 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
External links
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- "Cyclope (Cyclope) pellucida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- Risso, A. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome V. Paris: F.-G. Levrault. i-viii + 1-403 pp.
- Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353