Tritia tingitana

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

Tritia tingitana
A shell of Tritia tingitana
Scientific classification
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 tingitina Pallary, 1901 (basionym) Nassa tingitana var. articulata Pallary 1920 Nassarius (Aciculina) tingitanus (Pallary, 1901) Nassarius tingitanus (Pallary, 1901)

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.