Tritia pfeifferi

Tritia pfeifferi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. ^[2]

Tritia pfeifferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. pfeifferi
Binomial name
Tritia pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Amyclina pfefferi (Philippi) Buccinum glaberrimum Gmelin, 1791 (Nomen dubium. Doubtful synonym of Nassarius pfeifferi) Buccinum pfeifferi Philippi, 1844 (original combination) Nassarius pfeifferi (Philippi, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 19 mm

Distribution

This species is occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain, Portugal and Mauritania.