Tonna boucheti is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[2]

Tonna boucheti
Shell ofTonna boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. boucheti
Binomial name
Tonna boucheti
Vos, 2005[1]
Synonyms[2]

Tonna chinensis Zhang & Ma, 2004

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 60 and 81 mm (2.4 and 3.2 in).

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.

References

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  1. ^ Vos. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 45-62. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005. WoRMS (2009). Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389447 on 26 April 2011 .
  • 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] page(s): 50
  • 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
  • Vos, C. (2012) Overview of the Tonnidae (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) in Chinese waters. Shell Discoveries 1(1); pp. 12–22; Pls. 1-9
  • Vos, C. (2013) Overview of the Tonnidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Chinese waters. Gloria Maris 52(1-2); pp. 22–53; Pls. 1-9
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