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Tonna tankervillii

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Tonna tankervillii
A shell of Tonna tankervillii found on a northern New Zealand beach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. tankervillii
Binomial name
Tonna tankervillii
(Hanley, 1860)
Synonyms

Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919

Tonna tankervillii is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.

Distribution

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This species is found in Australia, from Torres Strait in the north, down the east coast, and also on the northeast coast of New Zealand.[1]

Shell description

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The shell height is up to 23 cm, and width 19 cm.

References

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  1. ^ Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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