Tonna boucheti
Tonna boucheti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Tonnidae |
Genus: | Tonna |
Species: | T. boucheti
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Binomial name | |
Tonna boucheti Vos, 2005[1]
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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[]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 60 and 81 mm (2.4 and 3.2 in).
Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan.
References[]
- ^ Vos. 2005. Visaya 1(5) : 45-62. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ 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
External links[]
Categories:
- Tonnidae
- Gastropods described in 2005
- Tonnidae stubs