Tonna tankervillii

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Orthogastropoda
Superordo: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Sorbeoconcha
Subordo: Hypsogastropoda
Infraordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Tonnoidea
Familia: Tonnidae
Subfamilia: Tonninae
Genus: Tonna
Species: Tonna tankervillii

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Tonna tankervillii is a very large species of sea snail or tun snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tonnidae, the tun shells.

Distribution

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.

Shell description

The shell height is up to 23 cm, and width 19 cm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* ZipCodeZoo