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

Tritia mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tritia*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Cyclops*	Montfort, 1810	junior homonym
*Nassa*	Lamarck, 1799	junior homonym
*Nassa (Hannonia)*	Pallary, 1920	junior homonym
*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
*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

Species group names

*Buccinum inflatum*	Lamarck, 1822	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nassa mutabilis var. curta*	Pallary, 1904	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Nassa mutabilis var. minor*	Pallary, 1900	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Buccinum foliorum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Buccinum foliosum*	W. Wood, 1818	synonym
*Buccinum gibbum*	Bruguière, 1789	synonym
*Buccinum jaspideum*	Link, 1807	synonym
*Buccinum rufulum*	Kiener, 1834	synonym
*Buccinum tessulatum*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Nassa ebenacea*	Gennari, 1866	synonym
*Nassa gibba*	M. E. Gray, 1850	synonym
*Nassa helvetica*	Peyrot, 1925	synonym
*Nassa mediterranea*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis mut. helvetica*	Peyrot, 1925	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis var. fulva*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis var. minuscula*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis var. procera*	Pallary, 1906	synonym
*Nassa mutabilis var. senilis*	Pallary, 1910	synonym
*Nassarius mutabilis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Sphaeronassa adriatica*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Sphaeronassa deformis*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Sphaeronassa globulina*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Sphaeronassa mutabilis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Sphaeronassa mutabilis var. deformis*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Sphaeronassa mutabilis var. umbilicata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Sphaeronassa umbilicata*	Coen, 1933	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: mutable nassa sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Wandelbare Reusenschnecke

Literature

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 mutabilis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:876840