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Tonna morrisoni

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Tonna morrisoni
Shell of Tonna morrisoni (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tonnidae
Genus: Tonna
Species:
T. morrisoni
Binomial name
Tonna morrisoni
Vos, 2005[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 90 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar.

References

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  1. ^ Vos. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 45-62. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005. Vos, C. (2009). Tonna morrisoni Vos, 2005. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389448 on 9 July 2010 .
  • 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