Turritriton tenuiliratus

Turritriton tenuiliratus
	Apertural view of Turritriton tenuiliratus (Lischke, 1873) with operculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Ranellidae
Subfamily:	Cymatiinae
Genus:	Turritriton
Species:	T. tenuiliratus
Binomial name
	Turritriton tenuiliratus; (Lischke, 1873)
Synonyms
	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 Ranellidae, the triton snails, triton shells or tritons.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm

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.

^ ^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 .

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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