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Tritia neritea

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Tritia neritea is a species in the family Nassariidae, order Neogastropoda.

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Quick facts about Tritia neritea

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Tritia neritea live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Tritia neritea as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Franceinvasive
  2. Albania
  3. Spain

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Tritia neritea endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Tritia neritea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyNassariidae
  6. genusTritia
  7. SpeciesTritia neritea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Buccinum neriteum, Cyclonassa carinata, Cyclonassa diluta, Cyclonassa fasciata, Cyclonassa kamischiensis, Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. atra, Cyclonassa kamischiensis var. exigua, Cyclonassa kamyschiensis, Cyclonassa kamyschiensis var. atra, Cyclonassa kamyschiensis var. exigua, Cyclonassa neritea, Cyclonassa neritea var. callosa, Cyclonassa neritea var. carinata, Cyclonassa neritea var. compacta, Cyclonassa neritea var. depressa, Cyclonassa neritea var. diluta, Cyclonassa neritea var. elongata, Cyclonassa neritea var. fasciata, Cyclonassa neritea var. globulosa, Cyclonassa neritea var. inflata, Cyclonassa neritea var. kamieschensis, Cyclonassa neritea var. minuta, Cyclonassa neritea var. mucronata, Cyclonassa neritea var. platystoma, Cyclonassa neritea var. vernicata, Cyclonassa unifasciata, Cyclonassa vayssierei, Cyclonassa vernicata, Cyclope neritea, Cyclope neritoidea, Cyclope tarentina, Cyclope westerlundi, Cyclops asterizans, Cyclops kamiesch, Nana neritea, Nanina unifasciata, Nassa albida, Nassa callosa, Nassa callosa var. communis, Nassa callosa var. compacta, Nassa callosa var. depressa, Nassa callosa var. discoidea, Nassa callosa var. elongata, Nassa callosa var. gibba, Nassa callosa var. globulosa, Nassa callosa var. kamieschensis, Nassa callosa var. lactescens, Nassa callosa var. platystoma, Nassa inflata, Nassa italica, Nassa lutescens, Nassa major, Nassa media, Nassa minima, Nassa minor, Nassa neritea, Nassa neritea var. albida, Nassa neritea var. lutescens, Nassa neritea var. major, Nassa neritea var. media, Nassa neritea var. minima, Nassa neritoides, Nassa vayssierei, Neritula mucronata, Neritula nana, Neritula nana var. mucronata, Tritia westerlundi

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • vršatka zubovcováCzech
  • Nassa-SchlammschneckeGerman
  • Cyclope néritoïdeFrench
  • CiclopeItalian
  • Nassa ciclopeItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tritia neritea

Other species in the same genus Tritia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Tritia neritea an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Tritia neritea as invasive in 1 country: France. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is Tritia neritea?

Tritia neritea (Tritia neritea) belongs to the family Nassariidae in the order Neogastropoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tritia neritea (Tritia neritea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tritia-neritea

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BibTeX
@misc{tritia_neritea_2026,
  title = {Tritia neritea (Tritia neritea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tritia-neritea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}