Tritia lima

Tritia lima
	Shell of Tritia lima (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	Buccinum lima Chemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817); Buccinum lima Dillwyn, 1817 (original description); Buccinum limatum Philippi, 1836; Buccinum limatum Chemnitz, 1795 (unavailable name: non-binomial, published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1; available from Philippi, 1836); Buccinum scalariforme Kiener, 1834; Conopleura aliena Smriglio, Mariottini & Calascibetta, 1999; Nassa limata (Chemnitz, 1795) (not available: published in a work rejected by ICZN); Nassa limata var. paucicostata del Prête, 1883; Nassa limata var. robusta Monterosato, 1890; Nassa praelonga Monterosato, 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]

Description

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

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

Cernohorsky W. O. (1984). Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 1–356
Smriglio C., Mariottini P. & Calascibetta S. (1999). Description of a new species of Conidae Fleming, 1822 from the Mediterranean Sea: Conopleura aliena n. sp. Bollettino Malacologico 34(1–4): 27-32 page(s): 27–32
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213