Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Buccinoidea > Family Nassariidae > Subfamily Nassariinae

Tritia Risso, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclops*	Montfort, 1810	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nassa*	Lamarck, 1799	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nassa (Hannonia)*	Pallary, 1920	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Hima*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Nassarius (Usita)*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Amycla*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Amyclina*	Iredale, 1918	synonym
*Cyclonassa*	Swainson, 1840	synonym
*Cyclope*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Hima (Telasco)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Hinia*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Nana*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym; nom. inval.
*Nanina*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nassa (Amycla)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa (Hinia)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Nassa (Telasco)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassa (Tritia)*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nassa (Uzita)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassarius (Gussonea)*	Monterosato, 1912	synonym
*Nassarius (Hima)*	[sic]	synonym
*Nassarius (Hinia)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Nassarius (Naytiopsis)*	Thiele, 1929	synonym
*Nassarius (Sphaeronassa)*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Nassarius (Telasco)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Nassarius (Uzita)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Naytiopsis*	Thiele, 1929	synonym
*Neritula*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853	synonym
*Panormella*	O. G. Costa, 1840	synonym
*Sphaeronassa*	Locard, 1886	synonym

Children

Tritia conspersa (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
Tritia coralligena (Pallary, 1900)
Tritia corniculum (Olivi, 1792)
Tritia corrugata (Brocchi, 1814)
Tritia denticulata (A. Adams, 1852)
Tritia elata (A. Gould, 1845)
Tritia elongata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
Tritia frigens (E. von Martens, 1878)
Tritia gibbosula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritia goreensis (Maltzan, 1884)
Tritia grana (Lamarck, 1822)
Tritia heynemanni (Maltzan, 1884)
Tritia incrassata (Strøm, 1768)
Tritia lanceolata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Tritia louisi (Pallary, 1912)
Tritia mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritia neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867)
Tritia ovoidea (Locard, 1886)
Tritia pellucida (Risso, 1826)
Tritia pfeifferi (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
Tritia recidiva (E. von Martens, 1876)
Tritia reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritia semistriata (Brocchi, 1814)
Tritia senegalensis (Maltzan, 1884)
Tritia tavernai T. Cossignani, 2018
Tritia tenuicosta (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
Tritia tinei (Maravigna, 1840)
Tritia tingitana (Pallary, 1901)
Tritia turulosa (Risso, 1826)
Tritia unifasciata (Kiener, 1834)
Tritia varicosa (W. Turton, 1825)

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].
basis of record	Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
status source	Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritia Risso, 1826. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246140