Tritia lima (Dillwyn, 1817)
Cantabrian Sea to Canarias, to Mediterranean. Scavenger in the low infralittoral (rare), on the continental shelf and slope.
Original taxon: Buccinum lima.
Above: immature specimen from 600m deep, isola d’Ischia, golfo di Napoli, Campania, W. Italy. 14mm.
« Shell oval, ventricose, acuminated, and cancellated with longitudinal ribs and transverse elevated striae; aperture roundish and effuse. […]Shell about seventeen lines long and ten broad, white, with two pale tawny bands, and composed of eight whirls… » – L. W. Dillwyn: A descriptive catalogue of recent shells vol. II, London 1817, p.636 via BHL.

Synonyms: limatum, praelonga, scalariforme.
Variations affect the strength of the radial costulations and the spiral scales, the colour and the spire-height. 650m deep, canale di Sardegna. 12mm. Original pictures provided by D. Pellegrini (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Variant “elongata” trawled at 100-120m deep, Fossa di Poma, Pescara, Abruzzo, E. Italy. 38mm.
A keeled extension of the subsutural plate led to identify this specimen at right with a Conopleura Hinds. Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
72m deep, Hvarski kanal, Split-Dalmatia Comitat, S. Croatia. 20mm. Original pictures provided by R. Stanić (HR).
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ZMUC-GAS-819 Buccinum lima in the Spengler collection at the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen (DK). Size: 32,16mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) for WoRMS.
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A specimen from shallow waters.
45m deep, Mljet island, Dubrovnik-Neretva Comitat, S. Croatia. 19mm. Original pictures provided by N. Lete (HR).
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