Tritia lanceolata

Tritia lanceolata
Shell of Tritia lanceolata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. lanceolata
Binomial name
Tritia lanceolata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
Synonyms
Nassa costulata var. lanceolataBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 (basionym) Nassa costulata var. turgidaBucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 Nassa ferussaci arcuataPallary, 1904 · Nassa ferussaci var. claudoniPallary, 1906

Tritia lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

Very elongated variety, finely ribbed, also found on sponges ^[2]

(Description as Nassa ferussaci arcuata) The shell is bulging and strongly ribbed. On the first whorls, the ribs are arched; on the body whorl, they are flexuous. The ribs and the intervals are furrowed by decurrent striae which create a reticulation less pronounced than that of Tritia reticulata , to which this species bears a resemblance. The aperture is weakly compressed on the side of the outer lip; the mode of coloration is similar to that of Nassa subdiaphana. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Tunisia.

References

1. Tritia lanceolata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) . 8 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882–1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. p. 55. Retrieved 8 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Pallary, P. (1904–1906). "Addition à la faune malacologique du Golfe de Gabès". Ournal de Conchyliologie. 52 (3): 226. Retrieved 8 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Aissaoui C., Galindo L.A., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2017). "The nassariids from the Gulf of Gabès revisited (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae)" . Marine Biology Research. 13 (4): 370–389. Bibcode:2017MBioR..13..370A. doi:10.1080/17451000.2016.1273528.