Tonna tankervillii
Tonna tankervillii is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.
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A shell of Tonna tankervillii found on a northern New Zealand beach | |
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Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860) | |
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Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919 |
Distribution
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
The shell height is up to 23 cm, and width 19 cm.
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References
- Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
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