Tritia tingitana
| Tritia tingitana | |
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| A shell of Tritia tingitana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Nassariidae |
| Genus: | Tritia |
| Species: | T. tingitana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritia tingitana (Pallary, 1901) [1]
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Tritia tingitana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Pallary P., 1901: Diagnoses de quelques coquilles nouvelles provenant du Maroc , Journal de Conchyliologie 49: 226–228, 314–315
- ^ 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
External links
[edit]- "Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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