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Tonna boucheti

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Tonna boucheti
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T. boucheti
Binomial name
Tonna boucheti
Vos, 2005[1]
Synonyms[2]

Tonna chinensis Zhang & Ma, 2004

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 81 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.

References

  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