Tritia caboverdensis

Tritia caboverdensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.^[1]

Tritia caboverdensis
Shell of Tritia caboverdensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. caboverdensis
Binomial name
Tritia caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984)
Synonyms
Hinia caboverdensis Rolán, 1984 (original combination) Nassarius ferussaci auct.non Payraudeau, B.-C., 1826 Nassarius (Nassarius) caboverdensis (Rolán, 1984)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 18 mm.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde Islands.