Tritia pellucida


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.
Even as Cyclope has been ruled to have a feminine gender by Opinion 793 of the International Commission on [Zoological Nomenclature|ICZN], Risso published the name as masculine Cyclope pellucidus and the synonym Cyclope donovania as feminine.

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 12 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and off Portugal; also in the Black Sea.