- Turritriton tenuiliratus
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Turritriton tenuiliratus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Tonnoidea Family: Ranellidae Subfamily: Cymatiinae Genus: Turritriton Species: T. tenuiliratus Binomial name Turritriton tenuiliratus
(Lischke, 1873)Synonyms[1] - Cymatium (Turritriton) fittkaui Parth, 1991
- Cymatium pharcidum (Dall, 1889)
- Lampusia pharcida Dall, 1889
- Triton tenuiliratus Lischke, 1873
- 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 Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.[1]
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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
- ^ a b Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873). WoRMS (2010). Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476595 on 27 June 2010.
- 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
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