Tritia tingitana

Tritia tingitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]

Tritia tingitana
Apertural view of a shell of Tritia tingitana (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Nassariidae
Subfamily:
Nassariinae
Genus:
Tritia
Species:
T. tingitana
Binomial name
Tritia tingitana
(Pallary, 1901) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Nassa tingitina Pallary, 1901 (basionym)
  • Nassa tingitana var. articulata Pallary 1920
  • Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus (Pallary, 1901)
  • Nassarius tingitanus (Pallary, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.

References
  1. Pallary P., 1901: Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc , Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314–315
  2. Marshall, B. (2016). Tritia tingitana (Pallary, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876857 on 2016-05-18
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • 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
  • "Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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