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.

Tonna tankervillii
A shell of Tonna tankervillii found on a northern New Zealand beach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Tonna
Species:
T. tankervillii
Binomial name
Tonna tankervillii
(Hanley, 1860)
Synonyms

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.

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