Tritia lima

Tritia lima
Shell of Tritia lima (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Nassariidae
Subfamily: Nassariinae
Genus: Tritia
Species:
T. lima
Binomial name
Tritia lima
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum lima Chemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Buccinum lima Dillwyn, 1817 (original description)
  • Buccinum limatum Philippi, 1836
  • Buccinum limatum Chemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: non-binomial, published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Philippi, 1836)
  • Buccinum scalariforme Kiener, 1834
  • Conopleura aliena Smriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999
  • Nassa limata (Chemnitz, 1795) (not available: published in a work rejected by ICZN)
  • Nassa limata var. paucicostata del Prête, 1883
  • Nassa limata var. robusta Monterosato, 1890
  • Nassa praelonga Monterosato, 1891
  • Nassarius lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Nassarius robustus (Monterosato, 1890)

Tritia lima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. [1] [2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Tyrrhenian Sea; also in the temperate North Atlantic, extending from the Cantabrian Sea to the Canary Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817). 10 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
  • Smriglio C., Mariottini P. & Calascibetta S. (1999). Description of a new species of Conidae Fleming, 1822 from the Mediterranean Sea: Conopleura aliena n. sp. Bollettino Malacologico 34(1–4): 27-32 page(s): 27–32
  • 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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