Tritia lima

Tritia lima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae. ^{[1] [2]}

Tritia lima
Shell of Tritia lima (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
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[1]
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)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea off Greece and in the Tyrrhenian Sea; also in the temperate North Atlantic, extending from the Cantabrian Sea to the Canary Islands.