Tonna pennata
| Tonna pennata | |
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| Two views of a shell of Tonna pennata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Tonna |
| Species: | T. pennata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853)[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tonna pennata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 158 mm.[3]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 13 m.[3]
References
- ↑ Mörch O. A. (1853). Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso D'Aguirra & Gadea, comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis Caroli Tertii eques. Fasciculus primus. Cephalophora. Haec conchylia publica auctione calendis octobribus dividentur. L. Klein, Copenhague Vol. 1 (1852), 170 p. vol. 2, [IV] + 76 p. [post 1 aprile 1853].
- 1 2 Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna pennata (Mörch, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410165 on 9 July 2010.
- 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
- 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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