Turritriton tenuiliratus

Turritriton tenuiliratus
Shell of Turritriton tenuiliratus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 tenuiliratum (Lischke, 1873) Triton tenuiliratum Lischke, 1873 Triton tenuiliratus Lischke, 1873

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

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

1. Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.

• 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

• Lischke C.E. (1873). Diagnosen neuer Meeres-Conchylien aus Japan. Malakozoologische Blätter. 21: 19-25
• "Cymatium (Turritriton) tenuiliratum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 November 2010.