Tritia tingitana

Tritia tingitana
A shell of Tritia tingitana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. tingitana
Binomial name
Tritia tingitana (Pallary, 1901)
Synonyms [1]
Nassa tingitinaPallary, 1901 (basionym) Nassa tingitana var. articulataPallary 1920 Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus(Pallary, 1901) Nassarius tingitanus(Pallary, 1901)

Tritia tingitana 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 varies between 8 mm and 11 mm; its diameter is 3.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is strongly elongated for its genus. The spire is exserted. It comprises 8 whorls: the first 3 are smooth, while the others are sculptured with strong longitudinal ribs and impressed transverse striae. On the penultimate whorl, 9 ribs and striae can be counted.

The aperture is small, angled superiorly, and terminates inferiorly in a short tail. The outer lip is internally sulcate (grooved) and externally margined. The color everywhere is deep tawny. ^[2]

Distribution

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

References

1. 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
2. Pallary, P. (1901). ". Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc". Journal de Conchyliologie. 59 (3): 226. Retrieved 12 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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

• Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. p. 36. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
• 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: 343.
• "Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.