Tritia tinei

Tritia tinei
Shell of Tritia tinei (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. tinei
Binomial name
Tritia tinei (Maravigna in Guérin, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
Buccinum gussoniiCalcara, 1845 Buccinum tineiMaravigna, 1840 (original combination) Nassarius (Gussonea) tinei(Maravigna, C. in Guérin-Méneville, 1840)

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

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm. Shell is ovate-conical, tawny coloured, adorned with numerous dark lines on the whole of the spire. The last whorl bears a great number of dark blotches and is transversely striated. the aperture is smooth inside with a bent margin. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off the Strait of Messina.

References

1. Tritia tinei (Maravigna in Guérin, 1840) . 12 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. "Tritia tinei". www.idscaro.net. Retrieved 4 March 2025.

• 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

External links

• Maravigna C. (1840). G. Buccin. Buccinum. Lamarck. B. de Tineo. B. Tinei. Maravigna. Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palaeontologie. (2) 2, pl. 24
• Calcara P., 1845: Cenno sui molluschi viventi e fossili della Sicilia da servire da supplimento ed insieme di critiche osservazioni all'opera di R.A. Philippi Stamperia Reale, Palermo 49 p., 4 pl
• 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
• "Nassarius (Gussonea) tinei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.