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Tritia ovoidea is a of , a marine in the family , the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.


Description
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description in French) The shell is of the same size as Tritia semistriata but has a much more inflated, almost exactly ovoid outline. The spire is short, with rounded whorls separated by a well-marked sutural line. The is very developed, especially in diameter. The aperture is not very high, well-rounded, and the columella is short. The callus is very thick. Locard, A. (1886). Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp.


Distribution
This marine species occurs off Northwest Spain; in the and in the Western Mediterranean Sea.

  • 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
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356.


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