Global InformationTritia pellucida information
| Tritia pellucida | |
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| shells of Tritia pellucida | |
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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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]
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.
- ^ 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