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
A shell of Tritia tingitana
Scientific classification Edit this 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) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Nassa tingitina Pallary, 1901 (basionym)
  • Nassa tingitana var. articulata Pallary 1920
  • Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus (Pallary, 1901)
  • Nassarius tingitanus (Pallary, 1901)

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Pallary P., 1901: Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc , Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314–315
  2. ^ a b 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
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  • "Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.