Tritia elongata
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| Tritia elongata | |
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| 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 |
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| Tritia elongata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882) | |
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Tritia elongata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.[1]
The shell is smaller than Tritia corniculum and longer. This species appears to be the most variable in terms of coloration. [2]
