Tritia elongata

Tritia elongata
	Shell of Tritia elongata (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Nassariidae
Genus:	Tritia
Species:	T. elongata
Binomial name
	Tritia elongata; (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882)
Synonyms
	Amycla corniculum var. elongata Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 (basionym); Nassa (Amycla) corniculum var. elongata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882);

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

Description

The shell is smaller than Tritia corniculum and longer. This species appears to be the most variable in terms of coloration. ^[2]

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off France, Algeria and Greece.

^ Tritia elongata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882). 8 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ Bucquoy, E., Dautzenberg, P. & Dollfus, G. (1882–1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris: Baillière & fils. pp. 57–58. Retrieved 8 June 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Aissaoui C., Galindo L.A., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2017). "The nassariids from the Gulf of Gabès revisited (Neogastropoda, Nassariidae)". Marine Biology Research. 13 (4): 370–389. Bibcode:2017MBioR..13..370A. doi:10.1080/17451000.2016.1273528.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)