Turritriton tenuiliratus

Turritriton tenuiliratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Turritriton
Species:	T. tenuiliratus
Binomial name
Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
Cymatium (Monoplex) tenuiliratum (Lischke, 1873) Cymatium (Turritriton) fittkaui Parth, 1991 Cymatium pharcidum (Dall, 1889) Lampusia pharcida Dall, 1889 Triton tenuiliratum Lischke, 1873 Triton tenuiliratus Lischke, 1873 Tritonium (Lampusia) pharcida Dall, 1889 Tritonium pharcida Dall, 1889 Turritriton fittkaui (Parth, 1991)

Turritriton tenuiliratus, common name: the thin-lined triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm

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Distribution[]

This species has a wide distribution. It can be found in European waters, the Canary Islands, in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Philippines and Japan.

References[]

• Gofas S. & Beu A. (2003). Tonnoidean Gastropods of the North Atlantic seamounts and the Azores. American Malacological Bulletin 17(1–2): 91–108
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links[]

• "Cymatium (Turritriton) tenuiliratum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 November 2010.