''Tritia conspersa'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
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
* 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
*
conspersa
Gastropods described in 1848
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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