Tonna chinensis

Tonna chinensis, common name : the China tun, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.[1]

China tun
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Tonnidae
Genus:
Tonna
Species:
T. chinensis
Binomial name
Tonna chinensis
(Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum chinense Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)
  • Dolium australe Mörch, 1853
  • Dolium magnificum Sowerby III, 1904
  • Dolium pictum Schepman, 1893
  • Dolium schepmani Bayer, 1937
  • Dolium variegatum Philippi, 1847
  • Dolium variegatum var. chinense Tryon, 1885
  • Tonna chinensis magnifica Kira, 1959

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 140 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Tonna chinensis (Hanley, 1860). Vos, C. (2009). Tonna chinensis(Hanley, 1860). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=410186 on 26 April 2011 .
  • Dillwyn, 1817. Des. Cat. Rec. Shells, 2: 583
  • 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]
  • 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


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