Tonna chinensis

Tonna chinensis
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]
  • Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Dolium australe Mörch, 1853
  • Dolium magnificum Sowerby III, 1904
  • Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893
  • Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937
  • Dolium variegatum Philippi, 1847
  • Dolium variegatum var. chinense Tryon, 1885
  • Tonna chinensis magnifica Kira, 1959

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. 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.

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