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 | |
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| A shell of Tonna tankervillii found on a northern New Zealand beach | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tonnidae |
| Genus: | Tonna |
| Species: | T. tankervillii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tonna tankervillii (Hanley, 1860)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tonna cerevisina Hedley, 1919 | |
Distribution edit
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 edit
The shell height is up to 23 cm, and width 19 cm.
References edit
- ^ Powell A. W. B. (1979). William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland ISBN 0-00-216906-1.