Tonna chinensis
| China tun | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Tonna |
| Species: | T. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tonna chinensis (Dillwyn, 1817) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tonna chinensis, common name : the China tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- 1 2 Tonna chinensis (Hanley, 1860). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna chinensis(Hanley, 1860). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410186 on 26 April 2011.
- Dillwyn, 1817. Des. Cat. Rec. Shells, 2: 583
- Vos C. (2005) Notes on Tonnidae of the T. variegata complex and T. chinensis complex, with descriptions of four new species (Gastropoda: Tonnidae). Visaya 1(5): 45-62. [November 2005]
- Vos, C. (2007). A conchological Iconography (No. 13) - The family Tonnidae. 123 pp., 30 numb. plus 41 (1 col.) un-numb. text-figs, 33 maps., 63 col. pls, Conchbooks, Germany
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