Tritia lima

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Tritia lima
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.205546 - Nassarius lima (Dillwyn, 1817) - Nassariidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Tritia lima (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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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 limaChemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Buccinum limaDillwyn, 1817 (original description)
  • Buccinum limatumPhilippi, 1836
  • Buccinum limatumChemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: non-binomial, published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Philippi, 1836)
  • Buccinum scalariformeKiener, 1834
  • Conopleura alienaSmriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999
  • Nassa limata(Chemnitz, 1795) (not available: published in a work rejected by ICZN)
  • Nassa limata var. paucicostatadel Prête, 1883
  • Nassa limata var. robustaMonterosato, 1890
  • Nassa praelongaMonterosato, 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]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the temperate North Atlantic.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1115499 on 2019-10-20
  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 .


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