Turritriton tenuiliratus, the thin-lined triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
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
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